"How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening."

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"How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening."

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"Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'"

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"My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public."

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"In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world."

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Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician

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Lillie Langtry, British Actress

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"Gardening is not a rational act."

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"Many talk about a guest worker program. I think most reasonable people believe that a guest worker program in the farming industry, perhaps in the gardening and landscape industries, is reasonable."

Gary Miller, American Politician

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Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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