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

~Gertrude Jekyll

Topics: Dies Gardening Love Never Once Seed Sown

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A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.

~Gertrude Jekyll

Topics: Above Careful Entire Garden Grand Industry Patience Teacher Teaches Thrift Trust

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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.

~Gertrude Jekyll

Topics: Enduring Garden Gives Happiness Know Learnt Lesson Love Others Pass Thoroughly Wish

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In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.

~Gertrude Jekyll

Topics: Acquire Alone Also Arrangement Decorative Gain Garden Kinds Knowledge Only Other Perceiving Some Well Wisdom Work

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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.

~Gertrude Jekyll

Topics: About Actual Brain Deal Enables Feels Good Good Deal Hand Helpless Kindly Lovable Moreover Obey Quality Respect Thing Tools Without Would

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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.

~Gertrude Jekyll

Topics: Bare Beauty Cannot Delight Give Ground However Impression May Spot State Tamed Ugly

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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.

~Gertrude Jekyll

Topics: About Beauty Earlier Ever Fade Fresh Fulfillment June Months Perfect Promise Remind Say Sign Summer Time Will Young

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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.

~Gertrude Jekyll

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Asking Better Dig Digging Else Go How Man Me Spade Take Then Try Use Watch

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Nationality: British

Type: Celebrity

Born: Unknown

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