The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
When you increase the number of gardens, you increase the number of heavens too.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.
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.
When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.
A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust.
My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.
Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas.
In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy.
Gardening is the work of a lifetime: you never finish.
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.