Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Loving a garden implies a desire to cultivate and protect plants, which extends to wanting a greenhouse for more control over growth.
- In plain terms
- If you care about growing plants outside, you will also care about growing them indoors.
- What can you take from it?
- True interest in gardening involves protecting and nurturing plants in all conditions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What draws you to plants?
- How do you protect what you grow?
Another view
Not everyone who loves gardens needs or wants the complexity of a greenhouse.
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