Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Graham Stuart Thomas
Born: April 13, 1909
Died: April 17, 2003 (aged 94)
Bio: Graham Stuart Thomas OBE, was an English BSc botanist, best known for his work with garden roses, his restoration and stewardship of over 100 National Trust gardens and for writing 19 books on gardening, many of which remain classics today.
Known for:
- The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book (1994)
- Cuttings from My Garden Notebooks (1997)
- Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos (1992)
- Recollections of Great Gardeners (2003)
- Plants for Ground Cover (1970)