Anecdote Quote by Anna Funder

Today's gardens have become far more than things of beauty. And today's generation is fast finding out that backyards can be an extremely resourceful…

— Jamie Durie

I haven't really got a green thumb, but I love gardens and their architecture.

— Hubert de Givenchy

“shed in the backyard and a small garden”

— Patrick Balester

“Although harmony with nature is of considerable importance in planning a garden, it must never be allowed to obscure what lies at the heart…

— Tash Aw

“Cemetaries in Bohemia are like gardens”

— Kundera Milan

In the summer there are twelve cottonwoods around the pool, which in the winter become an elevated thicket. There is also a courtyard with…

— Donald Judd

“Gardens by their very nature are fragile beings that live in the two dimensions of time and care.”

— Joe Eck

...the need for a garden of rare palms and vines and ornamental trees and shrubs which would be near enough to a growing city…

— David Fairchild

[On gardens:] I think they're sanctuaries for the mind and spirit. ... It's easy to feel wonder-struck in a garden, especially if you cultivate delight.

— Diane Ackerman

“People grow couches and bikes and concrete in their front gardens instead of roses.”

— Leanne Hall

“Gardens are poems Where you stroll with your hands in your pockets. (Les jardins sont des poemes Ou l'on se promene les mains dans…

— Pierre Albert-Birot

“In the Ondariva gardens the branches spread out like the tentacles of extraordinary animals, and the plants on the ground opened up stars of…

— Italo Calvino