As the biocentric view suggests, the garden prospers when control is balanced by equal measures of humility and benevolence. A balance is struck. Control, servitude, respect, imagination, pragmatism, an ecological conscience, compliance, and a certain measure of mysticism and altruism, all meld together to provide nurturance.

Why We Garden: Cultivating a Sense of Place (ed. Sentient Publications, 2005) - ISBN: 9781591810254