GARDEN THOUGHTS

A garden is a grand teacher.
—Gertrude Jekyll, November 29, 1843 – December 8, 1932; Gertrude Jekyll was an influential British garden designer, writer, and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the England, Europe and America. She contributed over 1,000 articles to various garden magazines.

Plant corn when the apple blossoms fall.
–unknown

Weed your own garden first.
–unknown

What I enjoy is not the fruits alone, but the soil itself, its nature and its power.
—Cicero, born in 106 B.C., six years before the birth of Julius Caesar.

To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches.
—Cicero

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day–like writing a poem or saying a prayer.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh, June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001 was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the wife of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh.