“The essence of the enjoyment of a garden is that things should look as though they like to grow in it.” ShouldLooksGrowsGardenEssenceEnjoyment Author:Beatrix Farrand
“When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at me a little funny for using big words in a dead language - or in the kind of horticultural Esperanto that botanical names make up.” IfsNeedsLooksKindLittlesSometimesUseBigsNamesLanguagePlantLatinPreciseLook At MeEsperanto Author:Allen Lacy
“If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.” IfsKnowsNamesLost Author:Carl Linnaeus
“Take care with manufactured chemicals, certainly. Your safety and long term health are more important than anything. Yet don't forget that if you grow even a dozen different plants, you are surrounded by chemistry. Inside their cells even the most ordinary plants creates potent fungicides, insecticides, irritants, balms, hallucinogens, sedatives, nerve toxins, cell repair stimulants, lures, repellents... you name it. Treat all plants with respect!” IfsLongImportantDifferentCareNamesGrowsTermForgetOrdinaryTreatsSafetyPlantTake CareCellsLong TermNervesChemistryChemicalsDozenLureStimulantsToxinsHallucinogensIrritantsInsecticides Author:Janet Macunovich
“Some tulips last so long you could almost dust them off, and others you can't trust over night.” LongLastsNightDust Author:Constance Spry
“Herbes... comfort the wearied braine with fragrant smells which yielde a certaine kind of nourishment.” KindComfortSmellNourishment Author:William H. Coles
“Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France, had such an aversion to roses that she could not stand seeing one even in a painting.” WifeSeeingPaintingRoseFranceAversionAustria Author:Allen Lacy
“Not knowing where your food comes from is a primary form of alienation.” FormKnowingPrimariesNot KnowingAlienation Author:Allen Lacy
“The first gathering of salads, radishes and herbs made me feel like a mother about her baby - how could anything so beautiful be mine?” FeelsFirstsMadeBeautifulMotherMinesBabyGatheringHerbsSaladLike A MotherRadishes Author:Alice B. Toklas