279 Quotes About Gardening

It's the damnedest thing, a dying plant, and it makes a man want to give up. But that's the beauty of gardening, son. You can revive the things that wither.

The garden is a kind of sanctuary.

And I'm leaving you that plant," he lamented. "You are good with plants, aren't you?"Great, I lied. (I could make the Congo wither and die...)

A lot of people have gardens at home and will spend their free time looking after them. Some people rent additional land called 'an allottment', where they grow fruit and vegetables (Life in the United Kingdom, 2014

We’re all given gifts in life, it’s what we do with them that shows us what we’ve learned.

Mandy tidied the weeds and pulled out some of the summer flowers. It saddened her to do so. She was parting with beloved friends.

I'd love to see a new form of social security ... everyone taught how to grow their own; fruit and nut trees planted along every street, parks planted out to edibles, every high rise with a roof garden, every school with at least one fruit tree for every kid enrolled.

Humility, and the most patient perseverance, seem almost as necessary in gardening as rain and sunshine, and every failure must be used as a stepping-stone to something better.

Spring is that wonderful if somewhat delusional time for a gardener when the sap rises and everything seems possible.