Prize-winning crossword

Use the following answers to complete a quotation from English writer and garden designer Mirabel Osler: ‘There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to 26 down up 7 down 17 down at 25 down 29 across, you would 21 across 9 across 5 down’.

ACROSS

8 Transparent, sealed container in which plants are grown (9) 9 Plural of him or her (4) 10 Tropical fruit with pink, juicy flesh (5) 11 High-protein pulse (6) 12 Invisible fuel (3) 14 Alternative name for a lime tree (6) 15 Cipher (4) 16 Wingless jumping insect (4) 19 The ___, annual horse race run through trees? (4) 21 Discover (4) 23 Admits (4,2) 25 Muscular spasm (3) 27 Royal residence (6) 28 Door shelter (5) 29 Employment (4) 30 Smooth-skinned variety of peach (9)

DOWN

1 What ne les do (5) 2 Amphibians (5) 3 US island state (6) 4 Roses of ___, popular First World War song (7) 5 Keep ___, 1938 Gracie Fields film (7) 6 Popular name for sedum (9) 7 At the back of (6) 13 and 22 down ‘Pre y maids ___’, a feature of contrary Mary’s garden! (3,2,1,3) 14 Recognisable geographical features (9) 17 Unspecified person (7) 18 Look at closely, examine (7) 20 Large ornamental carp (3) 22 See 13 down 24 Loud disturbance or protest (6) 25 Belonging to 9 across (5) 26 Of a plant, grow along the ground (5)