Top 478 Gardening Quotes

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.

Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers.

I enjoy painting, cutting the lawn and working in the garden when I have time. That's therapy for me. I enjoy working with my hands.

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.

I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.

Cell culture is a little like gardening. You sit and you look at cells, and then you see something and say, 'You know, that doesn't look right'.

Gardening is not a rational act.

I like solitary pursuits, such as reading or pottering about in the garden.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.