The earth has music for those who listen, and gardens are the perfect place to hear it.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.
Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas.
When your garden is your happy place and your only worry is if the plants are gossiping about you.
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust.
Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas.
The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, one is nearer God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.