If you are a garden plant you are regarded; well regarded, just as long as you stay in the garden. Davies Gilbert
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. Beverley Nichols
You know you are a gardener, if you find compost a fascinating subject. author unknown
Your millennium is in your furrows, and you are sowing the seed which tomorrow will give your social . Ralph Waldo Emerson
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. James Oppenheim
Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. Rudyard Kipling
Let the farmer remember that every bird destroyed, and every nest robbed, is equivalent to a definite increase in insects with which he already has to struggle. He will soon appreciate the fact that he has a personal interest, and a strong one, in the preservation of birds. Henry Oldys
We come from the earth, We return to the earth, And in between we garden. author unknown
The actual flower is the plant's highest fulfilment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are here first of all for delight. Ruskin
A garden is a symbol of man's arrogance, perverting nature to human ends. Tim Smit
The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before. Vita Sackville-West
There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. Thomas Jefferson
