“Many gardens are hijacked by their plants and end up looking like a ro...” — Monty Don Quote

Many gardens are hijacked by their plants and end up looking like a room overstuffed with furniture.

Absorbing a healthy amount of dirt builds your immune system.

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.

I think that's my strength, that I am an amateur gardener who loves gardening. I've read about it, I've written about it, I've done it all my life but at heart, I'm just a passionate amateur gardener.

That first snowdrop, the flowering of the rose you pruned, a lettuce you grew from seed, the robin singing just for you. These are smallthings but all positive, all healing in a way that medicine tries to mimic.

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

Man, I even played inside my house, especially on rainy days. There was always something I broke: lights, furniture. When I was four, I fell while playing and had to have three stitches in the back of my head.

When I decided to go to L.A. I said I was going to quit modelling and just go and see how I do. In the first two weeks I got three movies. I was so excited I had all my furniture shipped out from New York.

It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.