"Scent is the most potent and bewitching substance in the gardener's repertory and yet it is the most neglected and least understood. The faintest waft is sometimes enough to induce feelings of hunger or anticipation, or to transport you back through time and space to a long-forgotten moment in your childhood. It can overwhelm you in an instant or simply tease you, creeping into your consciousness slowly and evaporating almost the moment it it detected. Each fragrance, whether sweet or spicy, light or heavy, comes upon you in its own way and evokes its own emotional response."
- Stephen Lacey, Scent in Your Garden, 1991
"My garden, with its silence and pulses of fragrance that come and go on the airy undulations, affects me like sweet music. Care stops at the gates, and gazes at me wistfully through the bars."
- Alexander Smith
The Five Senses
Gardening: Quotes, Poems, Sayings, Lore
Karen and I gardened all day yesterday. We both enjoyed the beautiful iris and rose plants in full bloom.
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