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

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.

The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

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.

History is everything in gardening: With a site, weather, a particular plant. It solves mysteries. And it's why, when others say, "You can't do that!" you can know with deepest certainty that you can.

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