Abandon Quote by Shirley Hibberd

much of gardening is a struggle against the fecundity of Nature.

— Patience Strong

Nature abhors a garden.

— Michael Pollan

Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has…

— Andrew Weil

Gardening is the greatest tonic and therapy a human being can have. Even if you have only a tiny piece of earth, you can…

— Audrey Hepburn

Garden making, like gardening itself, concerns the relationship of the human being to his natural surroundings.

— Russell Page

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

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.

— Monty Don

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

Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.

— Anonymous

Gardening transcends everything that otherwise divides us.

— Allen Lacy

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

Whoever has not learned to let Nature have her way is not fit for a gardener, or, for that matter, for a contented soul.…

— William Lawson