Sue Stuart-Smith

“The small pleasures of life are not so small really, it is just that we get into the habit of taking them for granted.”
― Sue Stuart-Smith, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature

“Gardening is about a balance of different forces, human and natural, life and death. When it comes to contemplating the inevitability of death, decay, and decomposition, however, much of the garden’s power derives from a direct and earthy engagement with it. If you are not a gardener, it may seem strange to think that scrabbling about in the soil can be a source of existential meaning, but gardening gives rise to its own philosophy, and it is one that gets worked out in the flower beds.”
― Sue Stuart-Smith, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature