98 Quotes About Gardens

Yes, I'd love to have a garden of my own--spacious, and full of everything that is fragrant and flowering. But if I don't succeed, never mind--I've still got the dream.

Gardens are enclosed areas in which plants and arts meet. They form 'cultures' in an uncompromised sense of the word.

What wondrous life in this I leadRipe apples drop about my head

Bloom where planted

It is the garden dseigner's job to hide the vulgar and the common as far as the eye can see and include only the excellent and splendid.

In ancient times the ritual, mythological and doctrinal aspects of spiritual space were predominant.

Most folks probably think that gardens only get tended when they're blooming. But most folks would be wrong.

Entering a garden like Bomarzo was like succumbing to a dream. Every detail was intended to produce a specific effect on the mind and body, to excite and soothe the senses like a drug. To awaken the unconscious self.

Long experience has taught me that people who do not like geraniums have something morally unsound about them. Sooner or later you will find them out; you will discover that they drink, or steal books, or speak sharply to cats. Never trust a man or a woman who is not passionately devoted to geraniums.