The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.
In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

The earth laughs in flowers.

Gardening is not a rational act.
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
The greatest contribution to the morale of the community is to provide employment in gardening.

In the garden, every season has its own beauty.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas.
Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years.
A weed is but an unloved flower.
Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul.