Monday Thoughts: "The essence of the enjoyment of a garden is that things should look as though they like to grow in it." ~ Beatrix Farrand

 

"The essence of the enjoyment of a garden is that things should look as though they like to grow in it." 

~ Beatrix Farrand

Monday Thoughts: “Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.” – Heinrich Heine

“Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.” 

– Heinrich Heine

Monday Thoughts: "How sociable the garden was. We ate and talked in given light. The children put their toys to grass All the warm wakeful August night." ~ Thom Gunn

"How sociable the garden was. We ate and talked in given light. The children put their toys to grass All the warm wakeful August night." ~ Thom Gunn

Monday Thoughts: “Gardening gives you an appreciation for the strength of life, but it also shows you its fragility.” ~ Matt Puchalski

“Gardening gives you an appreciation for the strength of life, but it also shows you its fragility.”

 ~ Matt Puchalski

Monday Thoughts: “I must have flowers, always and always.” ~ Claude Monet

“I must have flowers, always and always.” ~ Claude Monet

Monday Thoughts: “I guarantee that gardening with nature is easier than gardening against it.” ~ Becky Searle

“I guarantee that gardening with nature is easier than gardening against it.” 

~ Becky Searle

Monday Thoughts: “No matter the result, there was nothing like the feeling of my hands in the soil, the sweetness of the fresh strawberries, and the pride of my first home grown salad.” ~ Debbie Millman

“No matter the result, there was nothing like the feeling of my hands in the soil, the sweetness of the fresh strawberries, and the pride of my first home grown salad.” ~ Debbie Millman

Monday Thoughts: “It is curiosity that makes us want to try every new species or cultivar that might perform well in our soil and climate” ~ Linda Ziedrich

“It is curiosity that makes us want to try every new species or cultivar that might perform well in our soil and climate”  ~ Linda Ziedrich

Monday Thoughts: “The ability to feed ourselves in the face of regional or global conflict, weather disasters and with less dependence on a globalized food system - means we really can improve not only our health but the planet’s too” - Adam Alexander

 

“The ability to feed ourselves in the face of regional or global conflict, weather disasters and with less dependence on a globalized food system -- means we really can improve not only our health, but the planet’s too” - Adam Alexander

Monday Thoughts: “The joy of farming and gardening evolved with the fragrances, textures, and colors of the plants I worked with.” ~ Paola Legarre

“The joy of farming and gardening evolved with the fragrances, textures, and colors of the plants I worked with.” ~ Paola Legarre

Monday Thoughts: "The kitchen gardener’s life isn’t romantic or exotic, but it is rich." ~ Linda Ziedrich

 

"The kitchen gardener’s life isn’t romantic or exotic, but it is rich." 

~ Linda Ziedrich

Monday Thoughts: "Back in the orchard I could again home in on the natural world, on gratitude and hope.” ~ Diane Flynt

 

"Back in the orchard I could again home in on the natural world, on gratitude and hope.” 

~ Diane Flynt

Monday Thoughts: "A garden is a friend you can visit anytime." - Gertrude Jekyll

"A garden is a friend you can visit anytime." 

- Gertrude Jekyll

Monday Thoughts: "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

"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

Monday Thoughts: "Earth has no sorrow that earth cannot heal." ~ John Muir

"Earth has no sorrow that earth cannot heal."

- John Muir

Monday Thoughts: "Leave Room in Your Garden for Angels to Dance." ~ Anonymous

"Leave Room in Your Garden for Angels to Dance." ~ Anonymous

Monday Thoughts: "A garden is where the mind rests, the heart beats, and the soul blossoms." ~ Dr. Pam Stephens Lehenbauerough

"A garden is where the mind rests, the heart beats, and the soul blossoms."

~ Dr. Pam Stephens Lehenbauerough

Monday Thoughts: “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

“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

Monday Thoughts: "In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous." ~ Aristotle

"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous." 

~ Aristotle

Monday Thoughts: "The plants are calling to us. They have a rich and diverse vocabulary and speak in many tongues." ~ Rosemary Gladstar

 

"The plants are calling to us. They have a rich and diverse vocabulary and speak in many tongues." 

~ Rosemary Gladstar