Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade. –Rudyard Kipling,

When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden. –

 Minnie Aumonier

If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden. – Robert Brault

Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than emperors. – Mary Cantwell

All gardeners know better than other gardeners. – Chinese proverb

Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. – Allan Armitage

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. – Gertrude Jekyll (2011)

There are always flowers for those who want to see them. – Henri Matisse 

A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself. – May Sarton

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. – Greek proverb