Gardening quotes

[maddie]

“A garden is where you can find a whole spectrum of life, birth and death” - Tiffany Baker
"When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden". - Minnie Aumonier
'Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized". - Allan Armitage
Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. -The Koran

 

[claudine]

I love this quote, in my opinion a perfect garden looks like a wild piece of art and yes, it should be poetic and special:
A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.
Luis Barragan

 

[Soliloquy]

"If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I would walk forever in my garden."

 

[claudine]

Soliloquy, I like this quote, it's so romantic!
Here is another one:
"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul".
Alfred Austin

 

[ACSAPA]

This quote is very practical. I like the way this guy thinks.

 

[zigs]

Put not thy faith in a mild April, it can be crueller than January

Heard that on The Victorian Kitchen Garden series.

 

[ACSAPA]

I like this one, because perfection is overrated and everyone is unique.

 

[maddie]

"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven." - Rabindranath Tagore, The Nobel Laureate in his work Fireflies

 

[ACSAPA]

This is a charming quote about keeping a positive mental attitude about weeds that sometimes pop up in life.

 

[ACSAPA]

I like this quote because it basically says that gardening makes us better people by teaching us to be patient and delay gratification.

 

[claudine]

Maddie, I adore Rabindranath Tagore, he is one of my favorite poets, I love his Rubaiyat.
But back to the subject, here is a nice quote by Oscar Wilde, another artist that I admire:

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Gardens are not made by saying 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ~ Rudyard Kipling

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Thomas Jefferson said that when it came to gardening "... but though an old man, I am but a young gardener."