"The orchid is the flower of love, and it brings beauty and harmony to any setting." ~ Maya Angelou

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“…there has been no greater love in my life than flowers and gardens. And specifically, their ability to impart eloquent tidings to us, and to heal and nurture us in so many ways." ~ Teresa H. Sabankaya #gardendc #gardenquote #MondayThoughts

“Let us be thankful to the people who bring us happiness; they are charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust
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“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
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“Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.” ~ Walter Scott

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“Old crow watching hungrily, from his perch in yonder tree. In my garden I’m as free as that feathered thief up there.” ~ John Denver
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“Planting bulbs into dark soil is an act of faith, the hope for a future garden that is bright and colorful.” ~ Jenny Rose Carey
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“I must have flowers, always and always.” ~ Claude Monet
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"The kitchen gardener’s life isn’t romantic or exotic, but it is rich." ~ Linda Ziedrich
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Back in the orchard I could again home in on the natural world, on gratitude and hope.”
~ Diane Flynt
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"A garden is a friend you can visit anytime."
- Gertrude Jekyll
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“Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created." ~ Andrew Weil #gardendc #gardenquote #mondaythoughts

“Oh, soon with heaping measures The spring will bring her treasures To gladden every breast; The sky with warmth a-beaming, The earth with love a-teeming — In life itself new zest!” ~ John Burroughs #gardendc #mondaythoughts #gardenquote

"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous." ~ Aristotle
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“The plants are calling to us. They have a rich and diverse vocabulary and speak in many tongues." ~ Rosemary Gladstar #gardendc #gardenquote #mondaythoughts

"Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers."
~ Byron Caldwell Smith
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“Just as meditation connects us with spirit, herbs and plants connect us to the earth because they arise from the soil.” ~ Christopher Hobbs
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“Plants bestow many things upon us, but the first must be wonder.” ~ David Domoney
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"I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening."
~ Wendell Berry
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He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
~ John Burroughs
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"A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky—unbidden—and seems like a thing of wonder." ~ Susan Orlean
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"I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation." ~ Phyllis Theroux
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"From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens – the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind’s eye.” ~ Katharine Sergeant Angell White
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"The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love." ~ Luther Burbank
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“Oh, Autumn! why so soon Depart the hues that make thy forests glad; Thy gentle wind and thy fair sunny noon, And leave thee wild and sad!”
~ William Cullen Bryant

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However big or small your garden is, if you allow nature to touch your spirit, gardening will bring returns of peace, satisfaction, and well-being for as long as you continue to wander the garden path. ~ Norman Hansen #gardendc #gardenquote #MondayThoughts

“We all are nature’s best hope.” ~ Doug Tallamy
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“We all share one planet and are one humanity; there is no escaping this reality.” ~ Wangari Maathai
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"I think we should fight back against this caustic language. Instead of calling lush landscapes ‘overgrown,’ how about we call barren lawns ‘undergrown’?” ~ Nancy Lawson, Humane Gardener
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“But it’s gardening that’s needed here. And that isn’t learned in a day. Gardening, that’s what this place needs.“ ~ Agatha Christie - “A Murder is Announced”
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