Monday Thoughts: “Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe.” ~ Thomas Berry

“Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe.”

 ~ Thomas Berry

Monday Thoughts: “Faced with planetary crisis ... What difference can an individual make in the face of such vast and seemingly insurmountable problems? The answer, as gardeners around the globe are discovering, is to create a little patch of hope in your own backyard.” ~ Isabella Tree

“Faced with planetary crisis ... What difference can an individual make in the face of such vast and seemingly insurmountable problems? The answer, as gardeners around the globe are discovering, is to create a little patch of hope in your own backyard.” ~ Isabella Tree

Monday Thoughts: “Sometimes I forget the garden is me — wild, tender, unruly, and always capable of blooming again.” ~ K.L. Ember

“Sometimes I forget the garden is me — wild, tender, unruly, and always capable of blooming again.”

 ~ K.L. Ember

Monday Thoughts: “I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, / And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, / And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, / And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven.” ~ Walt Whitman

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, / And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, / And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, / And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven.” ~ Walt Whitman

Monday Thoughts: "I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down / into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, / how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, / … / Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” ~ Mary Oliver

"I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down / into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, / how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, /  …  / Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” ~ Mary Oliver

Monday Thoughts: “Sometimes all it takes is a single blossom.” ~ Jane Fulton Alt

“Sometimes all it takes is a single blossom.” ~ Jane Fulton Alt

Monday Thought: “It was June, and the world smelled like roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold all over the grassy hillside.” ~ Maud Hart Lovelace

“It was June, and the world smelled like roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold all over the grassy hillside.” ~ Maud Hart Lovelace

Monday Thoughts: "The pleasures of spring are available to everybody, and cost nothing." ~ George Orwell

"The pleasures of spring are available to everybody, and cost nothing." ~ George Orwell

Monday Thoughts: "Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring." ~ Lilly Pulitzer

 

 "Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring." ~ Lilly Pulitzer

Monday Thoughts: "I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older." ~ Virginia Woolf

"I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older." 

~ Virginia Woolf

Monday Thoughts: "One must be as willing to study as to dig, for a knowledge of plants is acquired as much from books as from experience." ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

"One must be as willing to study as to dig, for a knowledge of plants is acquired as much from books as from experience." ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

Monday Thoughts: "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." ~ Lao Tzu

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." 

~ Lao Tzu

Monday Thoughts: "Every child needs to learn how to cook, learn how to cultivate a garden and plant seeds, learn about sustainability, be taken to a garden and be able to put their hands in the earth." ~ Alice Waters

"Every child needs to learn how to cook, learn how to cultivate a garden and plant seeds, learn about sustainability, be taken to a garden and be able to put their hands in the earth." 

~ Alice Waters

Monday Thoughts: "He plants trees to benefit another generation." ~ Caecilius Statius

"He plants trees to benefit another generation." ~ Caecilius Statius

Monday Thoughts:"The beauty of the garden flows into your dreams and psyche. Your eyes, now accustomed to noticing the smallest bit of earth awakening in early spring, can spot the impossibility of a buttercup emerging from a ,..

“The beauty of the garden flows into your dreams and psyche. Your eyes, now accustomed to noticing the smallest bit of earth awakening in early spring, can spot the impossibility of a buttercup emerging from a crumbling bit of pavement."

~ Elizabeth Brown 

Monday Thoughts: "It’s spring again. I can hear the birds sing again. See the flowers start to bud. See young people fall in love. " ~ Lou Rawls

"It’s spring again. I can hear the birds sing again. See the flowers start to bud. See young people fall in love. " ~ Lou Rawls

Monday Thoughts: "A garden can be a single bloom in a pot, a houseplant, or an herb on a kitchen windowsill -- just a bit of green that pulls you from your busy mind, and back to earth." ~ Elizabeth Brown

"A garden can be a single bloom in a pot, a houseplant, or an herb on a kitchen windowsill -- just a bit of green that pulls you from your busy mind, and back to earth." 

~ Elizabeth Brown

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

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

 ~ Maya Angelou

Monday Thoughts: "Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and take the winds of March with beauty." ~ William Shakespeare

"Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and take the winds of March with beauty." 

~ William Shakespeare

Monday Thoughts: "It’s not just the seeds. It’s the stories and places that they come from." ~ Ira Wallace

"It’s not just the seeds. It’s the stories and places that they come from." 

~ Ira Wallace