Favorite Gardening and Landscaping Quotes

We all occasionally need a good laugh or some inspiration to remind us why we love getting our hands in the dirt so much. For some of us, it’s about having a pristine yard. For others, it the reward of eating food you started from seed. Whatever it is that gets you outside in the garden or yard, you might need an extra push to get out there and get the job done.

We searched and found some inspirational and funny quotes about gardening and landscaping.

“This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” – Alan Watts, Work as Play

“I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I work in the garden.” – John Erskine

“Gardening is a humbling experience.” – Martha Stewart

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” -Audrey Hepburn

“Don’t worry about perfection. Nature doesn’t grow in straight lines.” – Lisa Lubell

“If you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design.” – Dr. Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar

“Watching something grow is good for morale. It helps us believe in life.” – Myron S. Kaufman

“Don’t underestimate the therapeutic value of gardening. It’s the one area where we can all use our nascent creative talents to make a truly satisfying work of art. Every individual, with thought, patience and a large portion of help from nature, has it in them to create their own private paradise: truly a thing of beauty and a joy for ever.” – Geoff Hamilton, Paradise Gardens

“Gardens are the result of a collaboration between art and nature.” – Penelope Hobhouse

“A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.” ~Doug Larson

“All gardening is landscape painting.” – Alexander Pope

“Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.” – Dan Bennett

“The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.” — Phyllis McGinley

“All gardeners know better than other gardeners.” — Chinese Proverb

What are some of your favorite quotes and sayings about gardening and landscaping? Please share yours with us!!!

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