Flower Quotes by Allen Lacy

12 Flower quotes by Allen Lacy

Allen Lacy delivers twelve short, pointed observations on flowers, each line a crisp reminder of nature’s understated charm.

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In a well-made garden every day is new.

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One becomes a gardener by becoming a gardener.

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Gardening is in large measure a phenomenon of attention.

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Gardening transcends everything that otherwise divides us.

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In addition to all its rich offerings to the body and its five senses, gardening engages the mind.

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Crabgrass is aptly descriptive of this hated weed, for it does scuttle quickly through a lawn.

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All gardeners need to know when to accept something wonderful and unexpected, taking no credit except for letting it be.

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Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France, had such an aversion to roses that she could not stand seeing one…

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An angel, legend has it, took pity on a little shepherd girl who had nothing to give to the Infant Jesus in…

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I suppose that for most people one of the darker joys of gardening is that once you've got started it's not at…

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The gardens I love best are those that are still affectionately tended by the people who own them and who made them…

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But there is one place where a person can make choices that will lead in a small way toward greater sanity in…

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