It was the month of May, the month when the foliage of herbs and trees is most freshly green, when buds ripened… — Thomas Malory Copy Share Image
There are two modes of criticism. One which ... crushes to earth without mercy all the humble buds of Phantasy, all the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
August is ripening grain in the fields blowing hot and sunny, the scent of tree-ripened peaches, of hot buttered sweet corn on… — Jean Hersey Copy Share Image
“The plants in the garden - the aloes, the almond tree, the rose tree and the iris - were afraid of her.… — Hendrik Cramer Copy Share Image
“I turned towards the garden when the door had closed on her. Miss Halcombe was standing with her hat in her hand,… — Wilkie Collins 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
“I would like to build a garden," she declared. "After all of this... I think the world needs more gardens." My throat… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
This constant stream of qualia we feel in our stomachs. The big-leafed plant lifts its wings to greet the planet's chemistry, the… — W. S. Di Piero Copy Share Image
A garden was one of the few thing in prison that one could control. To plant a seed, watch it grow, to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The main characteristic of Nature's farming can therefore be summed up in a few words. Mother earth never attempts to farm without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From 1997 to 2003, there was a decline of 50 percent in the proportion of children nine to twelve who spent time… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
My mom is a master gardener and I grew up on a farm. I came back to it really late in life… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I walk in the garden, I look at the flowers and shrubs and trees and discover in them an exquisiteness of contour,… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
Simplest of blossoms! To mine eye Thou bring'st the summer's painted sky; The May-thorn greening in the nook; The minnows sporting in… — David Macbeth Moir Copy Share Image
“I hope you will understand it! Linnaeus says the plants get married and make new plant families, and then those families intermarry… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
Be assured that every man's success is in proportion to his average ability. The meadow flowers spring and bloom where the watersannually… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
“We know a great deal more than the Greeks did about the forces of life. But with all our knowledge, no one… — Richard M. Ketchum Copy Share Image
Yes, all of life is sacred, including plants; and yes, there is research that demonstrates that plants have feelings - they feel… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
That's all I can do, is continue to plant the seeds; some will be trees, some will be plants, some will be… — Salaam Remi Copy Share Image
Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“In life, we plant seeds everywhere we go. Some fall on fertile ground needing very little to grow. Some fall on rocky… — Sanjo Jendayi Copy Share Image
It's disquieting to reflect that one's dreams never symbolize one's real wishes, but always something Much Worse... If I really wanted to… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Old plants should not be repotted,” Mrs. Schaap kept bleating at anyone who would listen. The fact that she compares herself to… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“Be wild enough to ride a new journey, where you walk into the light, the fog clears, And a fresh chapter enters… — Jayita Bhattacharjee Copy Share Image
Candleford Green was but a small village and there were fields and meadows and woods all around it. As soon as Laura… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
On the first of May, with my comrades of the catechism class, I laid lilac, chamomile and rose before the altar of… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
“In Santa Fe her whole yard had been crowded with different-sized terra-cotta pots, out of which she grew everything from rosemary and… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
The divide between a 'wild' plant and what is suitable for the garden is unnatural and meaningless. Gardens begin and end in… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I could go on and on. But that is just what gardening is, going on and on. My philistine of a husband… — Margery Fish Copy Share Image
“After all, the sanitation and the agriculture of today are still in the rudimentary stage. The science of our time has attacked… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
We may talk what we please," he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, "of lilies, and lions rampant,… — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
“Greet the sky and live, blossom!... Yet even as the wind stirs your petals, flowers fall. My flowers are eternal, my songs… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“The autumn leaves, arranged in two or three scarlet terraces among the pine trees, have fallen like ancient dreams. The red and… — Sōseki Natsume Copy Share Image
“It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“What a happy woman I am, living in a garden, with books, babies, birds and flowers, and plenty of leisure to enjoy… — Rosamunde Pilcher Copy Share Image
“She returned to the floor, and a tray appeared beside her with a sandwich, glass of milk, and some cubes of cantaloupe.… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
