He had been a collector, probably without knowing it, ever since he was a small boy and enjoyed accompanying his mother to flea markets in Paris. He understood early on that each tool had its own specific function, and that garden tools were entitled to the same care and respect as the tools of other crafts. That's when I lose interest. Yet for centuries, the gardener was not accorded the respect that Pellerin believed was his due. That was all wrong.
Gardening is a craft that requires having a sense of both art and tradition.
You can never know enough to make a garden. You have to be a painter to achieve a balanced color palette, a sculptor to discern the volumes, an architect to determine the organization and master plan, and an engineer to figure out the distribution of water without which a garden cannot flourish. But maybe most important, you must be a poet. That's because the garden has to have a soul. And like the generations of gardeners before you, you will definitely need the right tools.