Edimentals is a new term for growing flowers and vegetables together. Gardens today are often too small to have a separate ‘veg patch.’
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These gardening quotes reveal just how many great artists, writers, thinkers, and leaders have relied on gardens throughout history for calmness, inspiration, clarity of thought, and a sense of grounding and belonging.
The following selection of quotes—from iconic figures including world-renowned writer Zora Neale Hurst, President Abraham Lincoln, and activist Mahatma Gandhi—articulates how different people feel about plants and gardening, and you will likely find a quote (or two) that reflects your own feelings perfectly.
Gardens have always helped humans to feel and do better in the world—there's something deeply primal about cultivating the soil—and your garden can do the same for you.
I'm not much of a gardener, but I definitely want to learn more. Last year was the first time in many years that I really went for it in a couple of small plots. I was pleased as punch that some of what I planted actually grew! Of course, there were some failures, too, but overall my experience made me excited to try gardening again this year.
It is a lot of work, though, which is why I found the following quotes to be inspiring, funny, and thought-provoking—just what I needed for more motivation. I share them with you in hopes that you too will be inspired to get your hands dirty in the soil and make beautiful things grow.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.: Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
Voltaire: We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the Garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.
Alfred Austin: The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just
Edimentals is a new term for growing flowers and vegetables together. Gardens today are often too small to have a separate ‘veg patch.’
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