Gardening is a quiet form of therapy, a connection with nature, and a symbol of patience and growth. These quotes try and capture the beauty, wisdom, and life lessons found in the garden.
1. “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” — Audrey Hepburn
2. “The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” — Gertrude Jekyll
3. “A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness.” — Gertrude Jekyll
4. “Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years.” — Anonymous
5. “There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” — Janet Kilburn Phillips
6. “The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.” — Alfred Austin
7. “He who plants a garden plants happiness.” — Chinese Proverb
8. “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” — Greek Proverb
9. “The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.” — Michael Pollan
10. “Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.” — Rudyard Kipling
11. “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful.” — Luther Burbank
12. “The earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” — Gérard de Nerval
14. “A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” — Zen Shin
15. “In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.” — Okakura Kakuzo
16. “Life begins the day you start a garden.” — Chinese Proverb
17. “A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs.” — May Sarton
18. “Gardening is the purest of human pleasures.” — Francis Bacon
19. “Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.” — Anonymous
20. “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” — A.A. Milne
21. “Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.” — Oscar de la Renta
22. “When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.” — Minnie Aumonier
23. “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
24. “The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for Him there.” — George Bernard Shaw
25. “In every gardener, there is a child who believes in the seed.” — Robert Brault
26. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
27. “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” — Robin Williams
28. “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.” — Rachel Carson
29. “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” — Martin Luther
30. “The garden is a mirror of the heart.” — Anonymous
31. “A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.” — Liberty Hyde Bailey
32. “The simplest things bring the most happiness.” — Izabella Scorupco
33. “A weed is but an unloved flower.” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
34. “Grow what you love. The love will keep it growing.” — Anonymous
35. “A garden isn’t meant to be useful. It’s for joy.” — Rumer Godden
36. “Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.” — Alfred Austin
37. “In gardens, it’s not just plants that grow — it’s people.” — Anonymous
38. “Gardens are a form of autobiography.” — Sydney Eddison
39. “Planting a seed is believing in tomorrow’s beauty.” — Anonymous
40. “The garden is a canvas, and every gardener is an artist.” — Unknown
41. “Tend to your own garden and happiness will bloom.” — Anonymous
Gardening is an act of faith and joy. It reminds us of the value of patience, the importance of nurturing life, and the beauty that comes from getting our hands dirty.
