The complete online text of The Gardener by Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a Bengali poet, philosopher, social reformer, and dramatist who came into international prominence when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913. Rabindranath Tagore or simply Rabindranath as he is known i...

If gardening is a lifelong journey, Elaine Evans wants you to pick up the pace. Evans runs tours of garden-rich regions of the United States from her base in Arlington, combining visits to private and public gardens with stops at specialty plant nurseries. ...

FEW gardens are open to the public between the end of September and Easter. This is a pity, because seeing a garden in winter is often the best way to judge it. Good gardens go on looking good without flowers: it has been said...

It was with some trepidation that I pulled the drawstring of my workout pants and laced up my running shoes. I had never before jogged in a foreign country, let alone Paris! Yet here I was, about to walk down the narrow, quiet street behind...

Nowadays buying fruit (and vegetables for that matter) can be something of a lottery. We are all familiar with freshly bought, luscious looking apples which taste like wet cotton-wool! Rock hard pears and sour plums are other sources of disappointment Local fruit is rarely available...