We Made a Garden

My few snatched efforts made very little impression on the wilderness, but they made me feel better.

To achieve this means a lot of thought and a lot of work, but it can be done.

A good bone structure must come first, with an intelligent use of evergreen plants so that the garden is always clothed, no matter what time of year. Flowers are an added delight, but a good garden is the garden you enjoy looking at even in the depths of winter.

Another thing he taught me was that you mustn’t rely on your flowers to make your garden attractive.