Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's field of activities demands an audience. No one wants flowers to blush unseen or waste their sweetness.

Quote by Barbara Cheney

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As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without...

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Gardens are a form of autobiography.

Gardens are a form of autobiography.

Nothing is more the child of art than a garden.

Nothing is more the child of art than a garden.

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and...

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and...

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the...

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the...

The parks of Paris-the Bois de Boulogne, Parc Monceau, Vert Galant, Luxembourg, Tuileries, Buttes-Chaumont and...

The parks of Paris-the Bois de Boulogne, Parc Monceau, Vert Galant, Luxembourg, Tuileries, Buttes-Chaumont and...

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without...

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

In my opinion hard core gardeners, like eco-terrorists, some street gangs, and any American militia...

In my opinion hard core gardeners, like eco-terrorists, some street gangs, and any American militia...

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you...

Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you...

May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.

May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.