The garden reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided.. - Thomas Moore

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to Suze Fry for sharing with us every month these inspirational quotes:

 

  And when life became too frenzied

  She came to her garden and whispered to the plants until

  Her smile returned and her mind was calm.  - unknown

 

Gardening simply doesn't allow one to be mentally old because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. - unknown

 

Gardening is cheaper than therapy – and you get tomatoes. – unknown

 

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Cicero 

 

“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” – Gertrude Jekyll

Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), created some 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and America

(The above quote submitted by Nancy Anderson)

 

 “There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.”  Janet Kilburn Phillips:  

 

 

"“We might think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it’s our garden that is really nurturing us." 

Courtesy of Jenny Uglow

 

“Gardening is an ideal exercise for cardiovascular health and longevity. An ancient Chinese proverb goes something like this: “If you want to be happy for an hour, have a drink or two. If you want to be happy for a weekend, get married. If you want to be happy for a week, butcher your pig. But if you want to be happy for a lifetime, become a gardener.” Sunshine and fresh air, forager-gatherer style exercise, probiotics from the dirt, and the satisfaction of nurturing life (that doesn’t talk back) is therapeutic. The food and flowers that you grow yourself will improve your health and happiness long before the plants ever, or even if they never, make it to your table.” James H. O’Keefe, MD