“It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.”
Gardening teaches patience, humility, and the fact that nature will do what it wants regardless of your plans. These quotes come from green thumbs and casual planters who found something deeper in the dirt than they expected.
“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.”
“It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.”
“I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.”
“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.”
“The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.”
“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.”
“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
“A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.”
“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.”
“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.”
“I do the gardening.”
“Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.”
“I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.”
“Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.”
“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
“To dwell is to garden.”