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    Planting the seeds of inspiration.

    Hummingbird feeders are great, but it can be a cha Hummingbird feeders are great, but it can be a challenge and expense keeping the nectar fresh.  Plant a few cardinal flower plants in your garden and problem solved.
    We have some awesome peonies at the arboretum, but We have some awesome peonies at the arboretum, but this awesome bloom was captured at the Genesee Country Village and Museum.
    The Hellebore. One of the first gifts of spring. The Hellebore. One of the first gifts of spring.
    Brrrr!! Brrrr!!
    Dolores, our arboretum groundhog refused to leave Dolores, our arboretum groundhog refused to leave her burrow for Groundhog Day…so your guess is as good as mine.
    Spring is just around the corner? Spring is just around the corner?
    Winter scene at the arboretum #takeastroll #webste Winter scene at the arboretum #takeastroll #websterarboretum #winterwonderland #wintervibes
    Winter at the Webster Arboretum. Winter at the Webster Arboretum.
    Freshly fallen snow and winterberry at the Webster Freshly fallen snow and winterberry at the Webster Arboretum
    Beauty abounds- even in a blizzard! Beauty abounds- even in a blizzard!
    Enjoy the winter season at the Webster Arboretum Enjoy the winter season at the Webster Arboretum
    See the beauty of nature at the Webster Arboretum; See the beauty of nature at the Webster Arboretum; open year round at 1700 Schlegel Road in Webster
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  • In my garden

    In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.

    Truman Capote

    The optimist

    The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

    Khalil Gibran

    After women

    After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.

    Christian Dior

    Love is like wildflowers

    Love is like wildflowers; it's often found in the most unlikely places.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Where flowers bloom

    Where flowers bloom so does hope.

    Lady Bird Johnson

    Let us live like flowers

    Let us live like flowers, wild and beautiful and drenched in sun.

    Ellen Everett

    A flower blossoms

    A flower blossoms for its own joy.

    Oscar Wilde

    The garden suggests

    The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

    Michael Pollan

    Coffee. Garden. Coffee.

    Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?

    Betsy Caas Garmon

    No Gardening Mistakes

    There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.

    Janet Kilburn Phillips

    The hum of bees

    The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.

    Elizabeth Lawrence

    When the world wearies

    When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.

    Minnie Aumonier

    There is nothing that is comparable

    There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling as gathering vegetables one has grown.

    Alice B. Toklas

    To plant a garden

    To plant a garden is to dream of tomorrow.

    Audrey Hepburn

    Help us to be ever faithful

    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

    I grow plants for many reasons

    I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow.

    David Hobson

    The Glory of Gardening

    The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.

    Alfred Austin

    Flowers are the Music

    Flowers are the music of the ground from earth's lips spoken without sound.

    Edwin Curran

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