The sages of the garden are often stereotyped as being old and grey, and while it's true that these pages are covered with wise words from mature gardeners, they're also sprinkled with ridiculous and irreverent musings to make even the youngest Tom blush. "There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling". (Mirabel Osler). "Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden". (Orson Scott Card). "Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you". (Nathaniel Hawthorne). "I'm not really a career person. I'm a gardener, basically". (George Harrison).
- ISBN10 1853758655
- ISBN13 9781853758652
- Publish Date 2 August 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group
- Imprint Prion Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English