Favorite Quotations ~ Garden

Watercolor garden in bloom with soft light Gardens feed the spirit and slow the world to a tender pause. Among blossoms and buzzing bees, we breathe easier, dream deeper, and reconnect with the sacred rhythms of nature. As W. E. Johns once wrote, โ€œOne of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.โ€๐Ÿ’ฅ

In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator. ~ Louise Wilder

To a gardener there is nothing more exasperating than a hose that just isn't long enough. ~ Cecil Roberts

Gardening is not a rational act... In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~ Margaret Atwood

Lyda was an exuberant, even a dramatic gardener... with an air of resolute courage. ~ Renata Adler

I have a garden of my own,/ But so with roses overgrown,/ And lilies, that you would it guess/ to be a little wilderness. ~ Andrew Marvell

How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Gardens are a collaboration with nature, engaging all the senses. They express life, death, and the passage of time. ~ Douglas Campbell

Footfalls echo in the memory... Into the rose garden. ~ T.S. Eliot

What is a garden for? For the soul, sir... for grasping the intangible... for the splendid regions of imaginations and romance. ~ Samuel Reynolds Hole

I now derive physical and spiritual pleasure from gardening... and that I could survive almost anywhere if I had to. ~ Don Henley

No garden is without its weeds. ~ Thomas Fuller

A garden is an awful responsibility. You never know what you may be aiding to grow in it. ~ Charles Dudley Warner