“ If you wish to make anything grow, you must understand it, and understand it in a very real sense. 'Green fingers' are a fact, and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart. Russell Page
“ Sometimes just to touch the ground is enough for me, even if not a single thing grows from what I plant. Andy Couturier
“ I like how writing can take you off for a jaunt in your head and then set you back down in the chair where you've been all along. Georgann Low
“ I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening, putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it… Sean Bean
“ I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess. Walt Disney
“ A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion. Liberty Hyde Bailey
