Graham Stuart Thomas Quotes

• A garden is mainly ...a space around which interests can be accumulated.

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  Garden   Space   Interest  

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• It is far better to limit our choice to real permanencies, which do not require staking... and a general mixture throughout of dwarf shrubs, perennials and ground-covers, with bulbs... This has been called gardening in four layers, and I believe it to be the most satisfying form of gardening.

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  Real   Believe   Dwarves  

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• My own preference is for mixed (beds) where there are ...groups of larger shrubs on corners and elsewhere to give shape to the views and to create surprises.

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  Views   Giving   Bed  

  Graham Stuart Thomas (1984). “The art of planting, or, The planter's handbook”, David R Godine Pub

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• It is a simple matter to plant trees in straight lines, but informal groupings will test the sensitivities of the most experienced planter and the smaller the groups the more difficult they are to place.

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  Simple   Tree   Groups  

  Graham Stuart Thomas (1979). “Great gardens of Britain”

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