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The home gardener is part scientist, part artist, part philosopher

The home gardener is part scientist, part artist, part philosopher, part ploughman. – John R. Whiting

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I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation. – Phyllis Theroux

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We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist. – Wendell Berry

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O ye Sun and Moon, oh ye beans and roses, oh ye jigs and juleps, Bless ye the Lord, Praise Him and Magnify Him Forever. Amen. – Virginia Cary Hudson, “Gardening,” O Ye Jigs & Juleps!, 1962

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There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. – Mirabel Osler

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