Search ITGO
They’re Back!
Support Our Wonderful Sponsors
Colleen’s Organic Gardening Blog at About.com
Friends of ITGO
My Favorite Garden Blogs
- A Study in Contrasts
- Chiot’s Run
- Cold Climate Gardening
- Gardening Gone Wild
- Growing With Plants
- Ilona’s Garden Journal
- In My Kitchen Garden
- Kitchen Gardeners International
- Mr. Brown Thumb
- My Northern Garden
- My Skinny Garden
- Our Little Acre
- Pollinators-Welcome
- The Cheap Vegetable Gardener
- The Compost Bin
- The Gardener’s Pantry
- The Plant Hunter
- The Transplantable Rose
- Veggie Gardening Tips
- Zanthan Gardens
From the Archives
Remembering Eleanor Perenyi
“As I look about me, I have reason to believe I belong to a vanishing species. Gardens like mine, which go by the unpleasing name of ‘labor intensive,’ are on their way out and before they go, I would like to contribute my penny’s worth to their history.”
“I can’t resist them (asters, in this case) and invariably let optimism get the better of judgment, which come to think of it may be the first principle of gardening.”
These are two of my absolute favorite quotes about gardening, both written by the phenomenal Eleanor Perenyi. Ms. Perenyi passed away yesterday, but we are all lucky indeed that she chose to grace us with her wit and wisdom about gardening.
Here is a post I wrote for the Garden Bloggers Book Club back when we read Green Thoughts, as well as a link to the main Book Club post so you can see what others had to say.
She will be missed.
2 comments
2 comments to “Remembering Eleanor Perenyi”
commonweeder, May 8th, 2009 at 11:02 am:
-
Green Thoughts is one of my favorite books. She covered a lot of green ground. She will be missed indeed.
susie, May 17th, 2009 at 4:03 pm:
-
For those of us who have always gardened… I see your point & agree with you. Possibly though the world will gain more people passionate about their gardens.