Garden Quotes

2106 Garden quotes by 1278 unique authors

Always try to grow in your garden some plant or plants out of the ordinary, something your neighbors never attempted. For you can receive no… — Richardson Wright
Gardening is ultimately a folly whose goal is to provide delight. — Deborah Needleman
I don't think we'll ever know all there is to know about gardening, and I'm just as glad there will always be some magic about… — Barbara Damrosch
Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection had… — Charles Heiser
One of the most delightful things about gardening is the freemasonry it gives with other gardeners, and the interest and pleasure all gardeners get by… — Margery Fish
I appreciate the misunderstanding I have had with Nature over my perennial border. I think it is a flower garden; she thinks it is a… — Sara Bonnett Stein
I suppose that for most people one of the darker joys of gardening is that once you've got started it's not at all hard to… — Allen Lacy
A weed is a plant that is not only in the wrong place, but intends to stay. — Sara Bonnett Stein
Herbs are the friend of the physician and the pride of cooks. — Charlemagne
In his garden, every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. — Louise Wilder
Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. — Allan Armitage
You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape. — Janet Macunovich
Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the… — Janet Macunovich
There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the majority are young at heart. Gardening simply… — Allan Armitage
Successful gardening is doing what has to be done when it has to be done the way it ought to be done whether you want… — Unknown Author
I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation. — Phyllis Grissim-Theroux
Plants, like people, are social or anti-social: the good plant has to be able to live amicably with other plants in the border. — Richardson Wright
Plants are like people: they're all different and a little bit strange. — John Kehoe
The true definition of a perennial: Any plant which, had it lived, would have bloomed year after year. — Henry Beard
In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. — Unknown Author
It will not always be summer: build barns. — Hesiod
In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator, and no two… — Louise Wilder
Deep within each one of us lies a garden. — Julie Moir Messervy
The birds have vanished into the sky, and now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain… — Li Bai
Of course, the character of my garden is also determined by things beyond any human decision, mine or anyone else's. — Allen Lacy

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