Growing Plants Quotes

9 quotes from 9 authors

Living in cramped apartments with only a windowsill garden can feel like a quiet rebellion, and these nine thoughts celebrate that modest green rebellion. They weave together the pleasure of fresh food, the calm that a leafy corner brings, and the way kindness sprouts when we tend to life. Readers who love deeper tips on gardening, urban farming, or plant science might also explore the Gardening and Botany pages.

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I've lived in small rooms, flats, growing plants in pots on window sills. I'd have liked to have had a full-fledged garden…

Ruskin Bond

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“Growing plants from seeds is slow, but it's a quiet romance. The moment they sprout, peeking over the soil, it feels like…

Bhuwan Thapaliya

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Just as the heart becomes carefree in a place of green, growing plants, goodwill and kindness are born when our souls enter…

Rumi

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The pleasure of eating should be an extensive pleasure, not that of the mere gourmet. People who know the garden in which…

Wendell Berry

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“@K11, Urban farming; It’s something nice and warm for families and kids, but also references elements of the city. Urban Farming is…

Baris Gencel

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Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons,…

Charles Heiser

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“There, on the far side of of the Atlantic, would be Maine, but despite the shared ocean, her island and this one…

Barbara Delinsky

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“There's a psychologist called Mary & Diamond who at Brooklyn in California, in the 80s studied rats. And they took rats at…

Gabor Maté

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“Through the years I experimented with all different types of materials and frames. Finally, I settled upon one that was so simple,…

Mel Bartholomew

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