98 Quotes About Gardens

Beautiful homes with beautiful flowers

My grandmother, a dim, stern figure, named her children Lily and Violet, which I guess from seeing a picture of my mother's paved, ugly backyard, was the nearest she came to a garden.

To beautify the Earth is the supreme Art.

When I was younger, my mom loved to garden. But the flowers would never grow. She kept planting seeds even thought nothing would grow. She just kept trying.''I don't understand.''Because you can't.''What does this have to do with anything?'I don't fiddle with my fingers and there's no apology on the tip of my tongue when I say, 'I am my mother's son.

The secret to making yourself stronger is to absorb the strength of the people around you—energy begets energy.

I’m very headstrong. Once I’ve caught fire, there’s no dousing the flames—all engines full speed ahead.

There's something satisfying about getting your hands in the soil.

The gardens were brilliant with summer magic, with plump cushions of forget-me-nots, lemon balm, and vibrant yellow daylilies, surrounding plots of roses shot through with garnet clematis. Long rows of silvery lamb's-ear stretched between large stone urns filled with rainbow Oriental poppies.

The scent of flowers is the glory of gardens and the scent of art is the glory of Paris!