April 15, 2019 The Garden as a World Unto Itself, William Kent, Allan Cunningham, George Harrison Shull, Francis Hallé, Alexander Garden, Francis Quarles, The Atlas of Poetic Botany, The Garden Budget, and Sphagnum Moss

The Daily Gardener · Apr 15, 2019 · 9m

William Kent wrote:

"A garden is to be a world unto itself,

it had better make room

for the darker shades of feeling

as well as the sunny ones."

I've usually think about my garden as my happy place.

It's a natural mood changer for me.

But I remember one time when I was out in the garden with feelings of a definite darker shade.

I was very pregnant with John and I was wearing a hideous, striped, maternity tank top.

It was super hot out and I looked like an absolute mess.

I wasn't out there long before I realized my new neighbor kept trying to catch my attention; I didn't want to meet him…