“Gardening is one of my enduring, favourite, and most rewarding pastime...” — Jane Hawking Quote

“Gardening is one of my enduring, favourite, and most rewarding pastimes.”

“To me, Stephen was my husband and the father of my children; one does not say to one's husband, 'Oh, you're so clever! I must worship the ground under your feet, or in this case, wheels.'”

“The carer of the disabled person is always in the background. People don't want to hear about the sleaze and the nitty-gritty and the hardship.”

“Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth.”

“I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.”

“My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.”