My gardens are the most important thing to me, and I dedicate all my time to working in one or another of them. When the light is no longer sufficient to see the plants, I read or write about them. This is how the English botanist and garden artist Ellen Ann Willmott managed a hundred years ago to immerse herself in her love for lush greenery, blooming gardens, and the sensual experience of nature, wherever she was. For all the occasions when a real garden is not available, this little book offers the wonderful opportunity to be transported into the world of plants, flowers, and blooming landscape parks—at least in thought—by the words of English gardening enthusiasts, authors, and poets.