Garden Quotes

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. — Margaret Atwood
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on… — Alfred Austin
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. — Alfred Austin
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. — Alfred Austin
Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. — Alfred Austin
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets… — Diane Ackerman
A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in… — Teresa of Avila
God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. — Francis Bacon
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. — Francis Bacon
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. — George Balanchine
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? — Douglas Adams
Protein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses. — Mario Batali
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. — Joseph Addison
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. — Henry Ward Beecher
There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and… — Ezra Taft Benson

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