Reginald Farrer - I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them.

I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is the reverent servant of Nature, not her truculent, wife-beating master. I think the true gardener, the older he grows, should more and more develop a humble, grateful and uncertain spirit.

- Reginald Farrer

source: Reginald Farrer (1973). “In a Yorkshire Garden”

topic: Gratitude, Cheer, Flower, Wife Beating