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A garden is half-made when it is well planned. The best gardener is the one who does the most gardening by the winter fire.

I cannot live without a rose, especially a climbing or rambling rose, for just one truss tumbling in the right spot can be like that last long feather on a hat, a nonchalant sweep that lifts a perfectly acceptable design to another level, a throwaway gesture that means nothing and everything.

To visit a garden properly is a demanding business; most visitors simply don't have the time.