Quotes about Gardening

“I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.”

“I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about virtually any other hobby or sport. Is gardening selfish?”

“I think in the same way when I'm cooking, when I'm gardening, when I'm choosing fabrics. It's a way of living.”

“I really cherish my time at home. As you know, I love my husband so much, but he's always doing everything for me out here to keep me rolling forward. But I don't get to do near enough for him. So when I'm at home, I like to cook for him and do some gardening - all that wife-y kinda stuff, you know?”

“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.”

“I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.”

“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.”

“Very early, I thought I would go into music, but I was aware that it would bring a set of obstacles I didn't find particularly attractive. Also, I'm not a great performer! For a while, I thought I would do something in landscape gardening. But it was always fashion for me.”

“Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.”

“There is nothing I like better at the end of a hot summer's day than taking a short walk around the garden. You can smell the heat coming up from the earth to meet the cooler night air.”

“If I'm in the country, my big idea is to do nothing. It means talking, it means cooking with the leftovers in the fridge - l'art d'accommoder les restes - it means gardening.”

“Mid-afternoon, I'll go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk.”

“I'm not surfing much anymore, but I love hiking and gardening, and I'm always wearing a hat and sunblock.”

“Rock 'n' Roll, no roses or gardening.”

“The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.”

“Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.”

“From my earliest memories, I loved the farm. My grandfather was a charter subscriber to Rodale's Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine and had a huge, well kept garden with an octagonal chicken house in the corner.”

“I think that's my strength, that I am an amateur gardener who loves gardening. I've read about it, I've written about it, I've done it all my life but at heart, I'm just a passionate amateur gardener.”

“Gardening is easy. Stick it in the ground the right way up and most plants will grow perfectly well.”

“I'm not a gardener. I don't have the consistency for gardening, and I have barely enough for an orchard. I don't embarrass myself. You have to be there tending and weeding. With orchards, you can go through negligent periods and recover.”

“I like the physical activity of gardening. It's kind of thrilling. I do a lot of weeding.”