Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Barbara Damrosch

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a writer Barbara Damrosch.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Barbara Damrosch

Barbara Damrosch is a professional in the field of horticulture, a writer, and co-owner of the Four Season Farm. She was educated at the Brearley School, Wheaton College in Massachusetts, and Columbia University, where she earned a PhD in English Literature. From 1979 to 1992, she was the owner of a company by the name of Barbara Damrosch Landscape Design. She operated this company in Washington, Connecticut. Her book The Garden Primer is a classic manual of horticulture. She and her husband, Eliot Coleman, operate an experimental market garden in Maine. This garden produces food year-round and is a model of small-scale sustainable agriculture.

Writer | Born: 1942
Unfortunately, in the very act of weeding, you make it possible for new weeds to grow.
Far more gardens fail because the gardener is absent or not paying attention than because he or she lacks erudition. Yes, you need to know your ABCs [the basics], but the more you garden, the more you'll learn what works and what doesn't.
Gardening has a magical quality when you are a child. — © Barbara Damrosch
Gardening has a magical quality when you are a child.
I don't think we'll ever know all there is to know about gardening, and I'm just as glad there will always be some magic about it!
Good gardening is very simple, really. You just have to learn to think like a plant.
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