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Friday’s post are garden quotes that are meant to create inspiration and contemplation.

Garden Quote – Rory Stuart “What are gardens for?”

May 9, 2014

“Dean Hole, the celebrated Nineteenth-century rosarian, reported a variety of answers when he asked the question ‘What are gardens for?. …

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Garden Quote – Jan Johnsen, Gardening…gets you into the flow.

May 2, 2014

“Gardening is a great example of an activity that is creative, self directed and gets you into the flow.” – …

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Garden Quote – Jim Nollman, Why We Garden…

April 25, 2014

 “A garden is the place millions of people go to touch the earth, to smell flowers – to use some …

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Earth Day 2014 – Do we need an Earth Anthem?

April 22, 2014

I was in High school when we had the first Earth Day celebration. I remember people talking about ecology, peace …

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Garden Quote Friday – Carol Williams, Bringing a Garden to Life

April 11, 2014

“People are turning to their gardens not to consume but to actively create, not to escape from reality but to …

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Garden Quote Friday – Marina Schinz, Gardening is…

April 4, 2014

“Gardening is an exercise in optimism. Sometimes, it is a triumph of hope over experience.” – Marina Schinz “Louisiana irises …

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Garden Quote Friday – The Legend of Bluebonnet

March 28, 2014

The Legend of the Bluebonnet The Texas fields are covered With a blanket of deep blue. But for a little …

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Garden Quote Friday – Frances Hodgson Burnett… Is spring coming?

March 21, 2014

“Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”… “It is the sun shining on the rain and the …

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Madame Plantier roses heralding in the 1st Day of Spring!

March 20, 2014

Happy Vernal equinox!   Equinox comes from Latin meaning “equal night.” Today the amount of daylight hours will equal the …

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Garden Quote Friday – Francis M. Chapman …bird songs

March 14, 2014

“Spring would not be spring without bird songs.” – Francis M. Chapman I highly recommend this book if you want …

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