Trust 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 35
Happiness 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 38
Alone 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... Gertrude Jekyll 37
Beauty 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 31
Beauty 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... Gertrude Jekyll 33
