I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today. Penelope Keith on gardening
The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. Luther Burbank on gardening
Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path. Jean Anouilh on gardening
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. Stephen Gardiner on gardening
The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway. Michael Pollan on gardening
What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. Charles Dudley Warner on gardening
When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us. Robert Smithson on gardening
A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion. Liberty Hyde Bailey on gardening
A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. Luis Barragan on gardening
I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with. Suzy Bogguss on gardening
Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot. Dixie Lee Ray on gardening
If a tree dies, plant another in its place. Carolus Linnaeus on gardening
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. Dogen Zenji on gardening
If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine. John Harrison on gardening
I loved to get all dusty and ride horses and plant potatoes and cotton. Dorothy Malone on gardening
Garden as though you will live forever. William Kent on gardening
I am sure that if you plant the trees back again, it will do nothing but good. Michael Fish on gardening
One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning? Francis Cabot Lowell on gardening
I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening to me they are one. Luis Barragan on gardening