If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live by your rules.

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

Low care is what we do while on our knees. Smart care is what makes the growing easier.

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.

You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something.

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.