This is my notepad of quotes and sayings distilled as an extract from gardens and nature...

Feel free to page through, and leave a comment if any appeal to you?

I'm always looking for more, so if you have any favourite/obscure/moving gardening quotes, I'd be happy to include them, so email me...
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 23

Obey to Command

Nature, to be commanded must be obeyed.

Francis Bacon
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Wednesday, October 14

Gardeners Intentions

Despite the gardener's best intentions, Nature will improvise.

Michael P. Garafalo
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Monday, October 5

Why Hurry?

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Lao Tzu
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Wednesday, September 2

Look Deep

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Albert Einstein
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Monday, July 27

Genius

To build to plant whatever you intend,
To rear the column, or the arch to bend,
To swell the Terras or to sink the Grot,
In all let Nature never be forgot.
Consult the Genius of the place in all.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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Saturday, July 18

Learning

The first and foremost principle is to learn from nature, do not copy nature, interpret it.
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Saturday, June 27

Nature's Secret

Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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