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“[T]o me the idea of American gardens remains undefined. The extremes of garden design, and what is possible to grow there, is fascinating to English eyes conditioned by roses.” — Mirabel Os...
“So what are we appreciating in a garden? The details or the effect? It’s the alchemy of gardens again — it’s woe to anyone who wants something else in life.” — Mirabel Osler, “A Gentle Plea ...
“When the ice of winter holds the house in its rigid grip, when curtains are drawn early against that vast frozen waste of landscape, almost like a hibernating hedgehog I relish the security of be...
“To love a garden is to be in love with words: With potageries and racemes, corymbs, hispids and corms. To love a garden is to be in love with possibility for it can never, almost b...