The Garden Book of Days: March 2010

Monday, 29 March 2010

In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology of

explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator.

Louise Wilder

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless

garden when the flowers are dead.

Oscar Wilde

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose,

and the eyes will take care of themselves.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Montreal Botanical Garden, Canada

In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.

Kozuko Okakura

Wakehurst Place, East Sussex

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose,

I would always greet it in a garden.

Ruth Stout

Hever Castle, Kent

Gardening is ultimately a folly whose goal is to provide delight.

Deborah Needleman

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden

You don't have to garden just for yourself. You have to share it.

Augusta Carter

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden