The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.
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When the world wearies
When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.
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.
To plant a garden
To plant a garden is to dream of tomorrow.
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.
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.
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.
Flowers are the Music
Flowers are the music of the ground from earth’s lips spoken without sound.
The Webster Viridarium




