Plants are the original chemists. Their sophistication makes DuPont and Monsanto look like little kids with chemistry sets.

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.

Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden.

Gardening is in large measure a phenomenon of attention.

Am I accurately reporting what I see in such a blossom? The answer is no ... and yes.

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.

Of course, the character of my garden is also determined by things beyond any human decision, mine or anyone else's.