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Francis Cabot Lowell

One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning?

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The author suggests that because gardening involves endless creativity and growth, a single lifetime cannot fulfill all the ideas and dreams one might have for it. Since a garden reflects the imagination, it always feels like there is more to explore and create, keeping us close to the start of an ongoing journey.

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