Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers. May Sarton
I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation. Phyllis Theroux
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
The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. Luther Burbank
Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path. Jean Anouilh
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. Stephen Gardiner
The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway. Michael Pollan
What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. Charles Dudley Warner
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
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
A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. Luis Barragan
I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with. Suzy Bogguss
Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot. Dixie Lee Ray