"He who would have beautiful roses in his garden must have beautiful roses in his heart."

----Samuel Reynolds Hole

 

 

Primrose blooming in February

 

 

"More than anything, I must have flowers, always, always."

----Claude Monet

 

 

Primrose among the leaves and moss, a sunny February day

 

 

"Every blade of grass, each leaf, each separate floret and petal, is an inscription speaking of hope........."

----Richard Jefferies, "The Pageant of Summer"

 

 

 

"When we learn to call flowers by name we take the first step toward a real intimacy with them."

----Mrs. William Starr Dana, "How to Know the Wild Flowers

 

"To forget how to dig the earth and tend to the soil is to forget ourselves."

----Mahatmas Gandhi

 

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"If you would be happy for a week take a wife, if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden."

-----Chinese Proverb

 

 

 

 

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