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"The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies."

Gertrude Jekyll, British Celebrity

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"It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it."

"There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight."

"What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade."

"The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives."

"There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it; without it the brain and the hand would be helpless."

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"The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies."

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