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" A weed is but an unloved flower. "

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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" No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. "

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" A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. "

" My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden. "

" The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening. "

" Very early, I thought I would go into music, but I was aware that it would bring a set of obstacles I didn't find particularly attractive. Also, I'm not a great performer! For a while, I thought I would do something in landscape gardening. But it was always fashion for me. "

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" Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. "

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" The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow. "

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" God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. "

" Earth is the anteroom of Heaven, if we choose to see it so. "

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" In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done - but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. "

" I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things. "

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" Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers. "

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" The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. "

" It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. "

" The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. "

" Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. "

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" I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards. "

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" To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. "

" I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place. "

" One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go. "

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" I think in the same way when I'm cooking, when I'm gardening, when I'm choosing fabrics. It's a way of living. "

Dries van Noten

" With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day! "

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" The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also. "

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" I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. "

" I like to encourage people interested in gardening or planting to begin with a simple herb garden. Even if you live in a small apartment, you can have some herb pots. "

" I love Michel Roux, Jr., and James Martin - the chefs who are experts in their own right, like Rick Stein on fish. But I don't watch them very much because I don't think it's fair for my husband to be in a total food environment all the time! So we watch programmes about gardening more. "

" And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. "

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

" I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive. "

" It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. "