u God Almighty first planted a garden, 
and indeed it is the purest of human 
pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment 
to the spirits of men; without which, 
buildings and palaces are but gross 
handy-works; and a man shall ever see 
that, when ages grow to civility and 
elegance, man comes to build stately, 
sooner than to garden finely; as if 
gardening >ere the greater perfection?' 
Francis Bacon 
