Wood and Garden — Gertrude Jekyll

There are already many and excellent books about gardening but the love of a garden already so deeply implanted in the English heart is so rapidly growing that no excuse is needed for putting forth another I lay no claim either to literary ability or to botanical knowledge or even to knowing the best practical methods of cultivation but I have lived among outdoor flowers for many years and have not spared myself in the way of actual labour and have come to be on closely intimate and friendly terms with a great many growing things and have acquired certain instincts which though not clearly defined are of the nature of useful knowledge img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img

There are already many and excellent books about gardening but the love of a garden already so deeply implanted in the English heart is so rapidly growing that no excuse is needed for putting forth another I lay no claim either to literary ability or to botanical knowledge or even to knowing the best practical methods of cultivation but I have lived among outdoor flowers for many years and have not spared myself in the way of actual labour and have come to be on closely intimate and friendly terms with a great many growing things and have acquired certain instincts which though not clearly defined are of the nature of useful knowledge