A Garden Can Be

A yard

A design

A pharmacy

A creation

A love song

A public duty

A thing to be enjoyed

A conservatory

An art project

A grand teacher

A place of life

A private world

An autobiography

A human creation

A lovesome thing

A public service

An enclosed yard

Restorative space

A teacher of trust

A transition space

Always on the move

Not the wilderness

A total impression

A metaphor for life

A plural organism

A returner of youth

A teacher of thrift

An in-between space

Heaven brought home

A revealer of nature

The mirror of a mind

A kinetic work of art

A teacher of industry

A teacher of patience

An intimate landscape

A good and loyal friend

A whole with many parts

For joy, not usefulness

The creation of a world

Plants, soil, sun, water

A language, not a picture

An organic produce market

Symbolic of the spiritual

A place that can define us

A site for the imagination

A place to pause for thought

Dug, planted, weeded, watered

The best alternative therapy

Sounds, scents and sensations

A friend we can visit any time

A poem turned into a landscape

A slow work, pursued with love

A contribution to the community

An inexhaustible treasure-chest

A complex of aesthetic intentions

A teacher of careful watchfulness

Half made when it is well planned

A space not quite private or public

A thing of beauty and a job forever

About time, observation and intuition

Never so good as it will be next year

A constant exercise of the imagination

A collaboration between art and nature

A whole spectrum of life, birth and death

A living, pulsing, singing, scratching thing

Beautiful only when it is filled with people

A place that forms an impression on our heart

An enclosed area in which plants and arts meet

Like faith - the substance of things hoped for

Thought of first, wished into being, planned for

A space around which interests can be accumulated

Where we can discover ourself, and our ideal self

The spot where hopes for civilization are best captured

A satisfier of the mind, not only the eye of the beholder

A place that connects us to the seasons and the life cycle

A lesson in ecology, biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology

An open-ended, biodegradable, nurturant process, not an object

An arrangement of natural materials according to aesthetic laws

Concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden

A relationship, which is one of the reasons it is never finished

A vehicle for talking about topics such as beauty and fulfilment

A place with a life of its own, an intricate, wilful, secret life

A space of great potential which can promote healing and learning

A more beautiful world, purer, sweeter smelling and more colourful

A place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight

A place to bury sorrows and difficulties and cherish ideals and hopes

A sheltered place of great intimacy where we want to stay for a long time

A place where flowers, trees, and other plants are grown for people to enjoy

A place for shaping a little world of our own according to our heart's desire

A piece of land, usually near a home, where flowers and other plants are grown

Determined as much by its textures as by its tonal range and architectural flair

A piece of ground adjoining a house, in which grass, flowers, and shrubs may be grown

The stage on which the gardener exults and agonizes out every crest and chasm of the heart

A place where we can laugh, sing, pick flowers, chase butterflies, listen to birds and play

The scene of merriment, escapades, spiritual awakening or the perfection of our finer selves

An area of land used for the cultivation of ornamental plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables and trees

A piece of land next to or around a house where flowers, fruit, and vegetables can be grown, usually with a lawn

Interwoven with the gardener’s outlook on life, their past experiences, affections, attempts, mistakes and successes

A mystery of green moving to the pulse of the year, and pressing on and pausing the whole to its own inherent rhythms

A place to touch the earth, to smell flowers - to better participate with natural processes in the place we call home

A planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature

Plants, of whatever shape or size, chosen not only for their individual merits but for their power to enhance the charms of neighbouring plants by contrast or combination in foliage or in flower colour

A collection of trees, shrubs and plants that have been procured and allotted to the best space available and are so arranged and tended that they are seen to their advantage, each in relation to the other

An assembly of shapes, most of them living, that owes some share of its composition, it's appearance, to human design and effort, human conventions and convenience, and the human pursuit of that elusive, indefinable harmony that we call beauty