SHORT QUOTES ABOUT GARDENS

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“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir

“Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as the canvas.” – Elizabeth Murray

“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.” – Alfred Austin

“Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts.” – Mac Griswold

“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” – Gertrude Jekyll

“A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions – so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.” – Terri Guillemets

“The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Gardening requires lots of water, most of it in the form of perspiration.” – Lou Erickson

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” – Audrey Hepburn

“The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.” – Michael Pollan

“Gardening is the art of encouraging the soil to give glory to God.” – Dorothy Day

“A garden is like a friend you can visit anytime.” – Unknown

“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Gardens are not made by singing, ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.” – Rudyard Kipling

“Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than emperors.” – Mary Cantwell

“Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.” – Lindley Karstens CATS AND CHRISTMAS TREE QUOTES

“A garden is a friend you can visit any time.” – Unknown

“Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes.” – Unknown

“The best view comes after the hardest climb.” – Unknown

“A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.” – May Sarton

“The garden is a mirror of the heart.” – Unknown

“A garden of love grows in a grandmother’s heart.” – Unknown

“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“In the garden, beauty is a byproduct. The main business is sex and death.” – Sam Llewellyn

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul.” – Luther Burbank

“Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.” – Rudyard Kipling

“A garden is a place where one can lose oneself and find oneself at the same time.” – Alfred Austin

“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” – Gerard De Nerval

“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” – Gertrude Jekyll

“The garden is a sanctuary filled with love and serenity.” – Unknown

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