As the biocentric view suggests, the garden prospers when control is balanced by equal measures of humility and benevolence. A balance is struck. Control, servitude, respect, imagination, pragmatism, an ecological conscience, compliance, and a certain measure of mysticism and altruism, all meld together to provide nurturance.
Jim Nollman (2005). “Why We Garden: Cultivating a Sense of Place”, p.104, Sentient Publications
