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Quote by Frank Swinnerton
When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have

When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved. – Frank Swinnerton

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I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is the reverent servant of Nature, not her truculent, wife-beating master. I think the true gardener, the older he grows, should more and more develop a humble, grateful and uncertain spirit. – Reginald Farrer, In a Yorkshire Garden, 1909

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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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Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. – Lindley Karstens, noproblemgarden.com

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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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