“Naomi makes a face and points to the potted flowers near the front door of her houseboat. "Just look at that," she… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
From my earliest memories, I loved the farm. My grandfather was a charter subscriber to Rodale's Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine and… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
Fair, rich confusion is all the aim of an old-fashioned flower garden, and the greater the confusion, the richer. You want to… — Anna Bartlett Warner Copy Share Image
“The roof of the apothecary was an enclosed glass greenhouse, filled with flowers and potted plants and fruit trees that had been… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“The more serious about gardening I became, the more dubious lawns seemed. The problem for me was not, as it was for… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
A black cat among roses, phlox, lilac-misted under a quarter moon, the sweet smells of heliotrope and night-scented stock. The garden is… — Amy Lowell Copy Share Image
“They say you only really appreciate a garden once you reach a certain age, and I suppose there is a truth in… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
“Cultivate your craft. Water it daily, pour some tender loving care into it, and watch it grow. Remember that a plant doesn’t… — J.B. McGee Copy Share Image
People in Detroit aren't just urban gardening. They're starting a new mode of education. They're trying to give children the education to… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“See,' said (Liberty Hyde) Bailey, 'how the leaves of this small plant stand forth extended to bathe themselves in the light. ...… — Russell Lord Copy Share Image
“The scent of linden blossoms hung heavy on the air. Dortchen made a sharp, jerking movement, as if to walk away. But… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
There is a continuity about the garden and an order of succession in the garden year which is deeply pleasing, and in… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
“out different plants and trees growing around the hut. “This is sweet cane, for energy; the juice of the aloe plant, for… — Anna Kyss Copy Share Image
Nature seemed to me full of wonders, and I wanted to steep myself in them. Every stone, every plant, every single thing… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The decor bowled me over. Everywhere I looked, there was something more to see. Botanical prints, a cross section of pomegranates, a… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“And I wondered when I peeped into one or two on the lower tiers, and saw the tied-up brown paper packets inside,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There are a thousand flowers blossoming in spring, The magical light of the full moon in autumn; There is a breeze in… — Wumen Huikai Copy Share Image
There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said,… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“Nature has no human inhabitant who appreciates her. The birds with their plumage and their notes are in harmony with the flowers,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Nothing is ever finished and done with in this world. You may think a seed was finished and done with when it… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
By having a direct stake and involvement with the process of plants growing, of having your hands in the soil and tending… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
“Spread over what must have been at least a hectare or two was the most beautiful garden he had ever seen. There… — Liz Braswell Copy Share Image
Even as a very young man, I knew that my family is like a plant. Uproot it, and it will wilt. Pluck… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Everybody should be ashamed who uses the wonders of science and engineering without thinking and having mentally realized not more of it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
“The sun was setting behind a line of trees; it cast a great bird's wing halfway across the field when she finally… — Deborah Lawrenson Copy Share Image
“Here’s another big symbol,” she says, still crouched and looking up at me. “These flowers will be rotten in a couple hours.… — Chuck Palaniuk Copy Share Image
“Flowers remind me of the beauty and brevity of life. They teach patience as you await some to bloom, enhancing their beauty.… — Sanjo Jendayi Copy Share Image
My special cause, the one that alerts my interest and quickens the pace of my life, is to preserve the wildflowers and… — Lady Bird Johnson Copy Share Image
the large black slugs ... come out at dusk. Enormous slugs. As big as crocodiles. So huge we need a gun to… — Nan Fairbrother Copy Share Image
I buy most of my plants from nurseries outside London these days, but there is a man who mysteriously appears each February… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
People who spend a great deal of time in their gardens attest to the natural mindfulness that gardening requires. What could be… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
I thought I'd love to be a gardener because I grew up with a vegetable garden and I love being close to… — Curtis Stone Copy Share Image
“Flowers make themselves fragrant and offer nectar. Why? To nourish the bees or to get themselves pollinated? Or both? In nature, to… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
I find one vast garden spread out all over the universe. All plants, all human beings, all higher mind bodies are about… — Anandamayi Ma Copy Share Image
I associate the garden with the whole experience of being alive, and so, there is nothing in the range of human experience… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
Beyond its practical aspects, gardening - be it of the soil or soul - can lead us on a philosophical and spiritual… — Christopher McDowell Copy Share Image
“We can either fill our minds and chatter to ourselves about issues and people while we are gardening, or we can simply… — David Carlyle Copy Share Image
