Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ. – Roy Blount, Jr.

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

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. – Liberty Hyde Bailey