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“And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all their growing days there in the ground, and all the things they did hear. Earth-voices are glad voices, and earth-songs come up from the ground through the plants; and in their flowering, and in the days before these days are come, they do tell the earth-songs to the wind ... I have thinks these potatoes growing here did have knowings of star-songs.”

Thinking Earth Spirit Religion Song Spirituality Stars Voice Knowing Growing Wind Conversation Plant Come Up Glad These Days Gardening Potatoes Flowering

Author:Opal Whiteley

“I think that gardening is nearer to godliness than theology.”

Thinking Spirit Religion Spirituality Theology Gardening Godliness

Book:Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening

Source: Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening

“[On gardens:] I think they're sanctuaries for the mind and spirit. ... It's easy to feel wonder-struck in a garden, especially if you cultivate delight.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Mind Spirit Easy Wonder Garden Delight Gardening Sanctuary

Author:Diane Ackerman

“On the first of May, with my comrades of the catechism class, I laid lilac, chamomile and rose before the altar of the Virgin, and returned full of pride to show my blessed posy. My mother laughed her irreverent laugh and, looking at my bunch of flowers, which was bringing the may-bug into the sitting-room right under the lamp, she said: Do you suppose it wasn't already blessed before?”