Gardening is in large measure a phenomenon of attention.

A powerful hand lens [Eschenback Leutchlupe] with a focused beam of light opens up an entire world below the threshold of the ordinary experience of seeing.

I suppose that for most people one of the darker joys of gardening is that once you've got started it's not at all hard to find someone who knows a little bit less than you.

We can plant to suit the needs of the birds and other wildlife that find a haven and a habitat on our home ground, and we can understand that to do so is a moral dictate, not a personal whim.

One becomes a gardener by becoming a gardener.

Crabgrass is aptly descriptive of this hated weed, for it does scuttle quickly through a lawn.

In a well-made garden every day is new.