27+ Janet Macunovich Quotes On Education, Environment And Gardening

Janet Macunovich is a garden designer and author of books on gardening and landscaping. She is a horticultural consultant, lecturer, and designer of gardens and landscapes. She has written several books on garden design, including the popular Designing Your Perfect Garden. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Janet Macunovich on education, leadership, environment.

Top 10 Janet Macunovich Quotes

1. We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen rarely cause allergic reaction.
2. Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out.
3. Take my last best advice: Try everything twice!
4. Silly gardeners! We buy pretty, comfortable benches and position them oh so carefully. But does the gardener ever sit? No! We perch momentarily and then jump up to do that next thing we see.
5. I have heard people say, "I garden in lieu of therapy, but therapy would be cheaper." I believe gardening's worth the price since it's at least as effective in curing head and heart of what ails us.
6. When many plants are out of the picture in winter, it becomes clear that many of them should be pitched out. It's also much easier to do that before they come up and begin to talk to us.
7. Watch out for trees and traffic. The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other.
8. The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.
9. Gardeners in regions with very long summer days have a great opportunity, and should use more of the cool colors that literally glow in the low light of morning and evening.
10. Wood's not natural mulch for a woodland garden. Do you see forest trees shatter into a zillion pieces and fall? No. They fall, then decompose, then spread.

Janet Macunovich Short Quotes

• Low care is what we do while on our knees. Smart care is what makes the growing easier.
• I don't rely on muscle power to dig, I use a sharp spade and I wear boots.
• You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something.
• Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

Janet Macunovich Quotes About Gardening

History is everything in gardening: With a site, weather, a particular plant. It solves mysteries. And it's why, when others say, "You can't do that!" you can know with deepest certainty that you can. — Janet Macunovich

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden. — Janet Macunovich

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place. — Janet Macunovich

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology. — Janet Macunovich

The best gardener is a baby killer. Baby insects are much easier to kill than adults, and haven't yet developed the big mouths and voracious appetite of the adolescent. — Janet Macunovich

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap. — Janet Macunovich

You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape. — Janet Macunovich

Gardeners often focus exclusively on plants, missing the absolutely essential visual role played by structures, from paths to pavilions. — Janet Macunovich

Janet Macunovich Famous Quotes And Sayings

A colorful handle on a tool does nothing for me. Once it drops into that jungle out there, unless it's absolutely huge, it's gone until fall. — Janet Macunovich

If a bush is too big, don't ask "should I?" Go ahead and cut it. If it lives, great. If it dies, replace it with something better suited! — Janet Macunovich

If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live by your rules. — Janet Macunovich

We think we learn by growing a plant but we can't know if it's just surviving or truly living? We really don't know anything about a plant until we kill it. — Janet Macunovich

There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too. — Janet Macunovich

Life Lessons by Janet Macunovich

1. Janet Macunovich teaches us that gardening can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience when we take the time to understand our environment and the needs of our plants.
2. She encourages us to be creative and to experiment with different techniques to find what works best for our gardens.
3. By embracing the natural cycles of the seasons and learning to work with them, we can create beautiful and productive gardens that will thrive for years to come.