4 Quotes by Richardson Wright

A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man’s contribution to the community.

Plants, like people, are social or anti-social: the good plant has to be able to live amicably with other plants in the border.

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

Always try to grow in your garden some plant or plants out of the ordinary, something your neighbors never attempted. For you can receive no greater flattery than to have a gardener of equal intelligence stand before your plant and ask, “What is that?”