If we persist, I do not doubt that by age 96 or so we will all have gardens we are pleased with, more or less. ~ Henry Mitchell, 1923-1993, one of America's best, and funniest, garden writers.
As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is alive. ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett, "The Secret Garden."
Apart from painting and gardening, I'm not good at anything. ~ Claude Monet
I must be farmer John ... and nothing more (I hope nothing less) for the rest of my life. ~ John Adams, 1/20/1801, on what he looked forward to doing once he returned to Quincy, Mass. following his presidency.
Beautiful foliage alone does not the great tomato make, though. Sigh. ~ Dr. Carolyn Male, on the AOL Tomato Message Boards, 11/04/04
Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts. ~ Anonymous
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. ~ Erma Bombeck as quoted in the May/June 2001 issue of Modern Maturity
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ~ Cicero