Well, I love geraniums, and anybody who does not love geraniums must obviously be a depraved and loathsome person.
“Well, I love geraniums, and anybody who does not love geraniums must obviously be a depraved and loathsome person.” Beverley Nichols
“Well, I love geraniums, and anybody who does not love geraniums must obviously be a depraved and loathsome person.” Beverley Nichols
“A gardener is never shut out from his garden, wherever he may be. Its comfort never fails. Though the city may close about him, and … Read More
“As any psychologist will tell you, the worst thing you can possibly do to a woman is to deprive her of a grievance.” Beverley … Read More
“A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all.” Beverley Nichols
“To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.” Beverley Nichols
“Last summer I was staying at a house in Hampshire which was famous for the brilliance and the originality of its gardens. There were many … Read More
“The Oldfields of the future are beyond hearing; they are shut up in the factories and the workshops, leading a rackety and mechanical existence, to … Read More
“It is only to the gardener that time is a friend, giving each year more than he steals.” Beverley Nichols
“A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all…much of the magic of the heather … Read More
“Do you ever find yourself bursting into a sort of lunatic laughter at the sheer prettiness of things?” Beverley Nichols
“Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.” Beverley Nichols
“Every moment of this strange and lovely life from dawn to dusk, is a miracle. Somewhere, always a rose is opening its petals to the … Read More
“Long experience has taught me that people who do not like geraniums have something morally unsound about them. Sooner or later you will find them … Read More
“We both know, you and I, that if all men were gardeners, the world at last would be at peace.” Beverley Nichols
“Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural … Read More
“Let us be honest: most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the … Read More
“To dig one’s own spade into one’s own earth! Has life anything better to offer than this?” Beverley Nichols
“A garden is a place for shaping a little world of your own according to your heart’s desire.” Beverley Nichols
“I had never ‘taken a cutting’ before … Do you realize that the whole thing is miraculous? It is exactly as though you were to … Read More
“Most people, early in November, take last looks at their gardens, are are then prepared to ignore them until the spring. I am quite sure … Read More