Quotes about Gardening and Nature

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. Votes: 1

The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon. Votes: 1

much of gardening is a struggle against the fecundity of Nature. Votes: 0

Regardless of geographical region or culture gardening is perhaps the most common and shared experience of Nature. Votes: 0

I like gardening. I'm really a nature man. I spend as much time as I can in nature. I feel really safe there. Votes: 0

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. Votes: 0

The commonest forms of amateur natural history in the United States are probably gardening, bird watching, the maintenance of aquarium fish, and nature photography. Votes: 0