If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life. Bill Watterson dayendexamine Change image and share on social
I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails. Amanda Donohoe bitedirtfingernail share on social
The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. Gertrude Jekyll enduregardenhappiness Change image and share on social
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. May Sarton backcircleforce Change image and share on social
Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod. Jean Ingelow anklebuttercuplucky Change image and share on social
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. Rabindranath Tagore envyflowernumerous Change image and share on social
Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers. May Sarton birthdarknessfaithful Change image and share on social
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson discoverplantvirtue Change image and share on social
I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself. Alice Sebold findgardenlose Change image and share on social
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. Luther Burbank flowerfoodhappy Change image and share on social
