Quotes about Gardening

“A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.”

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

“Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.”

“If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”

“When I go into the garden, I forget everything. It's uncomplicated in my world of gardening. It's trial and error, really. If something doesn't work, it comes out, and you start all over again.”

“Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.”

“I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens.”

“Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.”

“I find I am growing fonder of gardening, listening to music and reading.”

“I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine.”

“Gardening and my culinary skills keep me busy.”

“The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.”

“I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.”

“It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.”

“Without doubt, without hesitation, I choose gardening over the gym. I can't stand going to the gym. It doesn't appeal to me at all. Give me gardening every time.”

“But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.”

“We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?”

“Living in New York after 14 years, I'm such an outdoors kind of person. I love gardening and building things. I like restoring old furniture.”

“Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.”

“I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place.”

“Many talk about a guest worker program. I think most reasonable people believe that a guest worker program in the farming industry, perhaps in the gardening and landscape industries, is reasonable.”