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" Rock 'n' Roll, no roses or gardening. "

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" I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder. "

" A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. "

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" When I go into the garden, I forget everything. It's uncomplicated in my world of gardening. It's trial and error, really. If something doesn't work, it comes out, and you start all over again. "

" One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers. "

" It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. "

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" Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors. "

Oscar de la Renta

" I think we all have a dream of what it would be like not to work and grow heirloom tomatoes, and I do have that dream. It would be lovely. I do love gardening and all of that, but I do love my work. "

" If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. "

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" I need my friends, I need my house, I need my garden. "

Miranda Richardson

" I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails. "

" In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. "

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" What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. "

Charles Dudley Warner

" Without doubt, without hesitation, I choose gardening over the gym. I can't stand going to the gym. It doesn't appeal to me at all. Give me gardening every time. "

" Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. "

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

" If a tree dies, plant another in its place. "

Carolus Linnaeus

" There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy. "

" As I grew steadily more comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be agreeably absorbing without being too demanding intellectually. It leaves plenty of mental space for daydreaming and reflection. "

" 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. "

Jamaica Kincaid

" I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds. "

" Perhaps the CDC should quit spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening, and massage therapy and direct that money to where it's appropriate in protecting the health of the American people. "

" Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod. "

" I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden. "

" I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia. "

Barbra Streisand

" The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him. "

" We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough? "

" A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. "

D. Elton Trueblood

" I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine. "

" 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. "