Garden Quotes

Rain, Roses, Trees

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
Francis Bacon

God, Human, Garden

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

Trust, Patience, Teacher

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
D. Elton Trueblood

Life, Human, Start

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
Oscar de la Renta

Another, Playing, Relax

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
May Sarton

Nature, Patience, Help

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
Alfred Austin

Nature, Heart, Soul

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

Rain, Roses, Trees

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
Francis Bacon

God, Human, Garden

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

Trust, Patience, Teacher

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
D. Elton Trueblood

Life, Human, Start

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
Oscar de la Renta

Another, Playing, Relax

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
May Sarton

Nature, Patience, Help

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
Alfred Austin

Nature, Heart, Soul

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

 1. Gardening is an instrument of grace" (May Sarton).

2. "You are the kind of FRIEND who would overlook my broken fence to admire my flowers."

3. "The less help you have in a garden the more yours it is".

4. "We come from the earth.
We return to the earth.
And in between we garden."