"but had I place to new fashion, I should not put myself into the hands of an improver. I would rather have an inferior degree of beauty, of my own choice, and acquired progressively. I would rather abide by my own blunders than by his." (Obvious what Jane Austen thinks of this character!)
"YOU would know what you were about of course--but that would not suit ME. I have no eye or ingenuity for such matters, but as they are before me; and had I a place of my own in the country, I should be most thankful to any Mr. Repton who would undertake it, and give me as much beauty as he could for my money; and I should never look at it, till it was complete." (And we know what Jane Austen thinks of this character!).
From, Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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The flower? In my winter garden. Living history. A camellia of course.
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As a planned and deliberate 'improver' my own nom-de- jardain has to be 'Incompetence' Robinson. Far too much rests on factors outside my control ...
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