Ancient Quote by Margaret Atwood

gardening is something more than a pastime; it is a religion.

— Patience Strong

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

Gardening is not a rational act.

— Margaret Atwood

I think gardening is nearer to godliness than theology. True gardeners are both iconographers and theologians insofar as these activities are the fruit of…

— Vigen Guroian

I think that gardening is nearer to godliness than theology.

— Anonymous

There is a theology to gardening that few of us consider, but to understand this theology means relinquishing much control - our arsenal of…

— Christopher McDowell

Gardening is seen as a pastime that is almost like belonging to the Church of England - a sign of maturity and wisdom and…

— Monty Don

Gardening symbolizes our race's primordial acceptance of a responsibility and role in rectifying the harm done to the creation through sin.

— Vigen Guroian

Gardening can become a spiritual exercise, teaching us discernment as we eliminate the weeds from our lives, giving what we value room to grow.

— Diane Dreher

“The sovereign individual cannot escape to any degree the rules and practices of gardening.”

— Tom P. S. Angier

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

— Alexander Smith

Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to which a…

— Karel Capek