Quotes from Elizabeth Lawrence

Fall, not spring, is the time in this region to clear away dead leaves and branches, to renovate the borders, to start new gardens.... And even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.

I love being asked to identify plants, and I don't know which gives me more pleasure: to know what they are or not to know what they are.

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.

Gardeners are generous because nature is generous to them, and because they know what it means to read about something and not be able to get it. (p.24)