gardening quotes (3)

"Nature has undoubtedly mastered the art of winter gardening and even the most experienced gardener can learn frm the unrestrained beauty around them." --Vincent A. Simeone, in "Wonders of the Winter Landscape"

"It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life." --Mystery Writer P.D. James

"Occasional drama is what you want in an herbaceous border, to wake up the sleepy hordes of daisies and well-bred bellflowers." --Anna Pavord, “The New Kitchen Garden”, DK Publishing, 1996

"In gardening, all things useful are beautiful." --Tovah Martin, “Victoria” magazine, April 1999

"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." --Naturalist, John Burroughs

“You need patience to be a good gardener. If you don’t have patience, and you stick with gardening, it will teach you patience.” --Bill Turull Jr. as quoted in “People, Places and Plants” magazine, N.E. / N.Y. Edition, Summer 2005

"I appreciate the misunderstanding I have had with Nature over my perennial border. I think it is a flower garden; she thinks it is a meadow lacking grass, and tries to correct the error." --Sara Stein, “My Weeds: A Gardener's Botany” University Press of Florida, 2000

"If you live a life of love you will love the life you live"..
i just made a stoneware dogs headstone with that written on it to go out in the garden for a friend. Not sure if that counts.. but it is really nice saying.


As for gardens... my dublin bay rose is flowering and is bright red and just looks gorgeous. My tiger lillies and oriental lillies are also flowering as it is summer in full swing here in NZ.