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

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap.

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.

We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen rarely cause allergic reaction.

Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out.

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

If a bush is too big, don't ask "should I?" Go ahead and cut it. If it lives, great. If it dies, replace it with something better suited!

Gardeners in regions with very long summer days have a great opportunity, and should use more of the cool colors that literally glow in the low light of morning and evening.

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.

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

I read for pleasure and to acquire knowledge.

They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.

When you appeal to force there's one thing you must never do - lose.

Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look younger if you don't worry about it.

Slow people are just paying close attention.

Neferet, you're nuttier than squirrel turds.

The only true phenom...is me.

That's how it happens, livin life by the drop.

Once you have your basics down, you can start breaking the rules.

Millions of people of color still experience racism daily.