I have heard people say, "I garden in lieu of therapy, but therapy would be cheaper." I believe gardening's worth the price since it's at least as effective in curing head and heart of what ails us.

I don't rely on muscle power to dig, I use a sharp spade and I wear boots.

You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape.

Gardeners often focus exclusively on plants, missing the absolutely essential visual role played by structures, from paths to pavilions.

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap.

A colorful handle on a tool does nothing for me. Once it drops into that jungle out there, unless it's absolutely huge, it's gone until fall.

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.