General Chat

A weed is merely a plant but in the wrong place.
Alan Ttchmarsh... I think.

One is ok Ann lol, the other is ...not lol. Will be phoning optician first thing in the morning :-(

"a garden is a place for shaping a little world of your own according to your heart's desire"

"If all men were gardeners, the world at last would be at peace."

both Beverley Nichols
:-)

Thank you both.

Rose, how are your eyes?

Goodness Ann you must be psychic! I was lying in bed last night and reading a book about a garden, and thought of posting a thread like this :-D ( no I know I'm not supposed to be posting or reading but I have to do something! lol)

" a garden is the only mistress who never fails, who never fades" Beverley Nichols :-)

Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it. Author Unknown

Some garden quotes I Like. Please add yours!


The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth
One is nearer God’s heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth
Dorothy Frances Gurney

But each spring ... a gardening instinct
Sure as the sap rising in the trees,
stirs within us. We look about
And decide to tame another little bit of ground.
Lewis Gantt

A garden is never so good as it will be next year.
Thomas Cooper

It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden,
and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional.
Robert Brault

If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine,
plant a garden.
Robert Brault

Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow.
Author Unknown

Gardening is an exercise in optimism. Sometimes, it is a triumph of hope over experience.

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas.
Elizabeth Murray

Gardening is medicine that does not need a prescription ... And with no limit on dosage.
Author unknown

A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.
Sadi

Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing: -"Oh, how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade.
~Rudyard Kipling, "The Glory of the Garden"