August Quote by Thom Gunn

What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?

— Antonio Machado

Once in those very early days my brother brought into the nursery the lid of a biscuit tin which he had covered with moss…

— C. S. Lewis

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

A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the…

— William Kent

“Though men in their hundreds of thousands had tried their hardest to disfigure that little corner of the earth where they had crowded themselves…

— Leo Tolstoy

The Garden Was My Delight. I grew up with gardeners and I just love gardens. I was always very much aware that gardens were…

— Hazel Hawke

My garden is a slow work, pursued with love and I do not deny that I am proud of it. Forty years ago, when…

— Claude Monet

“The green painted concrete out in front of the house, which at first seemed like a novel way to save money on lawn-moving, was…

— Shaun Tan

For children, most importantly, being in the garden is something magical.

— Fritjof Capra

Growing up, we always had a big garden, and it just gave me the passion and appreciation for really good food.

— Anne Burrell

The gardens I love best are those that are still affectionately tended by the people who own them and who made them - who…

— Allen Lacy

As a child, I loved being outdoors. Our house had a railway track going past it. Of course, Mum told us not to go…

— Nadiya Hussain