Gardening is about communication, relationships, routines and life-enrichment. Gardens are places that connect us to the seasons and the life cycle. They're a vehicle for talking about esoteric and - as far as TV goes - alien topics such as beauty and fulfilment. Votes: 6
The language of gardening fuels the senses: talk with your hands, observe with your ears and listen with your eyes. Votes: 3
Every creature and plant is part of her (mother nature's) amazing interconnected garden... The whole world is a garden. Votes: 3
It's not just about facts, information and technical know how... Gardens are about time, observation and intuition. Votes: 3
Get growing. Back yourself and make mistakes. It's your mistakes and observations that are your greatest tutors. Votes: 3
In gardens it's not just plants and insects and microbes that grow. People grow too, and the best bit is that they don't realise it's happening. It just happens. Votes: 2
We're all nurtured by mother nature's cycles and seasons. Votes: 2
But we have to look after mother nature so she can look after us - the water, the soil, the air and all the life within it. Votes: 0
I believe in gardening the soil as well as the soul. Votes: 0
National Permaculture Day is a chance to share thoughts, visions and lots of common sense ways that we can all make a positive difference to the world we live in. Its all about combining age old truths and skills with new and innovative thinking and technologiesâ¦.people, plants and landscapes growing together, designing and nurturing a healthy community along the way. Votes: 0