The Well-Tempered Garden: A New Edition Of The Gardening Classic
Gardens are natural, but they don’t happen by accident. They require a caretaker to seed the plants, trim
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Demand and supply in gardening produces constant change; we alter our gardens far more frequently than we modify our houses.
Roderick Floud • An Economic History of the English Garden
All of this demands a kind of Sabbath slowdown in the midst of our otherwise “efficient” and “productive” lives.30 To grow a garden is to inhabit a different economics.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
Tending the garden had given him a newfound sense of purpose and motivation. The project was a resource for the local community and he felt he was doing something ‘relevant’ as a result.