Gardener’s Wisdom

“Time is nature’s way to keep everything from happening at once.”
~ J. A. Wheeler

“To garden is to let optimism get the better of judgment.
~ Eleanor Perenyi

“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”
~ Emma Goldman

“That beautiful season the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.”
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

“One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.”
~ W. E. Johns

“Gentle day’s flower -
The hummingbird competes
With the stillness of the air.”
~ Chögyam Trungpa

“Kind hearts are the garden,
kind thoughts are the roots,
kind words are the blossoms,
kind deeds are the fruit.”
~ John Ruskin

“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.”
~ Johann VonGoethe

“Go out by yourself, face the wind, hold up your head and thank God for this gardening year.”
~ Richardson Wright