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GARDENING QUOTES - 28



A profusion of pink roses being ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring.   William Carlos Williams


I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.   Edna St. Vincent Millay


I should like to enflame the whole world with my taste for gardening. There is no virtue that I would not attribute to the man who lives to project and execute gardens.   Prince De Ligne


Only the ephemeral is of lasting value.   Ionesco


It has been said that vines are to bits of architecture what a dress is to a woman. It may serve to enhance beauty or to cover defects..   Loring Underwood


The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.   Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams


Queer things happen in the garden in May. Little faces forgotten appear, and plants thought to be dead suddenly wave a green hand to confound you.   W E Johns


Yes, in the poor man's garden grow Far more than herbs and flowers- Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, And joy for weary hours.   author unknown


The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.   Ralph Waldo Emerson


I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.   Edna St. Vincent Millay


There is nothing more agreeable in a garden than good shade, and without it, a garden is nothing.   Betty Langley


...make no mistake, the weeds will win, nature bats last.   Robert Michael Pyle




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