Top 10 Gardening Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

— Chinese proverb

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3. “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”

— Hal Borland

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4. “The earth laughs in flowers.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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5. “Don’t waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come.”

— Mario Quintana

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6. “Morning exercise, walking in the free, invigorating air of heaven, or cultivating flowers, small fruits, and vegetables, is the surest safeguard against colds, coughs, congestion of the brain, inflammation of the liver, the kidneys, and the lungs, and a hundred other diseases.”

— Ellen G. White

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7. “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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8. “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”

— Audrey Hepburn

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9. “Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”

— Ovid

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10. “And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.”

— Rumi

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11. “I’d rather pick flowers instead of fights.”

— Owl City

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12. “Let us cultivate our garden.”

— Voltaire

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