The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. Gertrude Jekyll
To pick a flower is so much more satisfying than just observing it, or photographing it ... So in later years, I have grown in my garden as many flowers as possible for children to pick. Anne Scott-James
I have no plants in my house. They won't live for me. Some of them don't even wait to die, they commit suicide. Jerry Seinfeld
The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession. Phyllis McGinley
Nature is not a place to visit, it is home. Gary Snyder
I smelt the violets in her hand and asked, half in words, half in signs, a question which meant "Is love the sweetness of flowers? Helen Keller
Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them. John Ruskin
How could such sweet and wholesome hours be reckoned, but in herbs and flowers? Andrew Marvell
The land! That is where our roots are. There is the basis of our physical life. The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity. Henry Ford
An optimistic gardener is one who believes that whatever goes down must come up. Leslie Hall
Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw. Henry David Thoreau
I've had enough of gardening ... I'm just about ready to throw in the trowel. author unknown
