Quote Genre: Garden

Unknown – ‘In friendships fragrant gard…

‘In friendships fragrant garden There are flowers of every hue. Each with its own fair beauty And its gift of joy for you.’

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Evelyn Underhill – ‘We have descended into the g…

‘We have descended into the garden and caught three hundred slugs. How I love the mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in gardening. It makes it so lifelike.’

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St. George Tucker – ‘Of the Second Amendment: The…

‘Of the Second Amendment: The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed and this without any qualification as to their condition or degree as is the case in the British government. In the appendix … Continue reading →

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Celia Thaxter – ‘I am fully and intensely awa…

‘I am fully and intensely aware that plants are conscious of love and respond to it as they do to nothing else.’

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Ralph Waldo Emerson – ‘Weed a plant whose virtues …

‘Weed a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.’

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Canon Ellacombe – ‘The fair-weather gardener wh…

‘The fair-weather gardener who will do nothing except when wind and weather and everything else are favourable is never a master of his craft. Gardening above all other crafts is a matter of faith grounded however (if on nothing better) … Continue reading →

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H. G. Dwight – ‘Is it too ingenuous to imagi…

‘Is it too ingenuous to imagine that anything can be left to say about a garden? Garden literature descriptive reminiscent and technical has blossomed so profusely among us during the last decade that he should be an expert indeed who … Continue reading →

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Helen Dumore – ‘If the garden of Eden really…

‘If the garden of Eden really exists it does so moment by moment fragmented and tough cropping up like a fan of buddleia high up in the gutter of a deserted warehouse or in a heap of frozen cabbages becoming … Continue reading →

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Neil Dunaetz – ‘If your going to try to push…

‘If your going to try to push nature it just pushes right back against you.’

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Louise Driscoll – ‘My lilac trees are old and t…

‘My lilac trees are old and tall; I cannot reach their bloom at all. They send their perfume over trees And roof and streets to find the bees.’

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