One more tidbit from Henry Mitchell before I have to return the book to the library:

When I peer about my little garden, which is sometimes so beautiful, I never admire this plant or that plant without a certain awe that beneath the surface and structural beauty that even the coarsest human eye can see lies a creative dynamic truth at the heart of all life that is still hidden from simple men like me but that will one day be clear to all.

from On Gardening

(the photo was taken at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens on an exceptionally hot day in 2012.)