“I'll plant and water, sow and weed, Till not an inch of earth shows brown, And take a vow of each small seed To grow to greenness and renown: And then some day you'll pass my way, See gold and crimson, bell and star, And catch my garden's soul, and say: "How sweet these cottage gardens are!"” WaySoulShowsEarthStarsGrowsWaterSweetEssentialsGardenGoldPlantSeedsMy WayBrownWeedBellsGardeningInchesVowCottagesCrimsonRenown Author:E. Nesbit
“To a lesser extent (they like) the whites and reds, but blues, yellows and oranges are the main bee flowers. Although there are very good white bee flowers - white sweet clover is the best honey plant in the world.” WorldWhiteSweetFlowerPlantVery GoodHoneyBeesOrangeClovers Author:Chip Taylor
“Do not feed children on a maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature. Let their souls drink in all that is pure and sweet. Rear them, if possible, amid pleasant surroundings ... Let nature teach them the lessons of good and proper living, combined with an abundance of well-balanced nourishment. Those children will grow to be the best men and women. Put the best in them by contact with the best outside. They will absorb it as a plant absorbs the sunshine and the dew.” IfsMenGivingWellsChildrenSoulGrowsWalksTeachJourneySweetWalkingDrinkLessonsPureMen And WomenPlantContactWanderPleasantAbundanceBeing The BestSunshineHikingBalancedSurroundingsDewNourishmentTrekkingStrollingSaunteringDogmatic Author:Luther Burbank
“There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have his strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. He who plants a tree looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing could be less selfish than this.” ThinkingLooksAgeStrongSimpleTreeSonSweetTastePurePlantArguingSelfishForestsGenerousGloriousPosterityRelishCultivationHardyPlant A TreeVegetation Author:Washington Irving
“Be a Gardener. Dig a ditch. Toil and sweat. And turn the earth upside down. And seek the deepness. And water plants in time. Continue this labor. And make sweet floods to run, and noble and abundant fruits to spring. Take this food and drink, and carry it to God as your true worship.” RunningEarthTurnsWaterSweetDrinkWorshipSpringLaborDown AndPlantFruitNobleSweatFloodToilGardenerUpside DownFood And DrinkTrue WorshipDeepness Author:Julian of Norwich
“You like the Earth, Man, and you - pawing the ground - think of God, the little nursling will recognize you, and will think of you with love, because God lives even in it also. Give nourishment to the developing little creatures, either to plant or to animal, and it will develop for your sweet amazement. Give food for the wild animal starving, and it will slick to you.” ThinkingMenGivingLittlesEarthLove IsAnimalSweetCreaturesPlantDevelopingStarvingThink Of YouNourishmentAmazementWild AnimalGod LifeSlick Author:Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary
“How do you view God in a desert? There's two types of birds. There's vultures, and there's hummingbirds. One lives off dead carcasses, rotting meat. The other lives off the beautiful, sweet, nectar in a particular flower, on a particular desert plant, in the same desert. They both find what they're looking for. Do you know - take it all the way back into the Old Testament - and the Muslim and you, we actually serve the same God. Allah, to a Muslim; to us, Abba Father, God.” KnowsWayTwoBeautifulFatherViewsParticularSweetFlowerTypeBirdPlantDesertMeatDo You KnowTestamentOld TestamentRottingVultureNectarAbbaHummingbirdsAbba Father Author:Brian Houston
“The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.” ShouldFirstsHomeArtistMistakeBuildingSweetPlantArchitectClientsPhysiciansTranquilityGrandchildrenAdviseVines Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“There are many days when all the awful things that happen make you sick at heart, when the path before you is so steep you can’t bear to look. Not even love can rescue a person from that. Still, enveloped in the twilight coming from the west, there she was, watering the plants with her slender, graceful hands, in the midst of a light so sweet it seemed to form a rainbow in the transparent water she poured.” LooksHeartPersonsStillsHandsLightHappensFormWaterPathSweetBearsSickPlantWestAwfulMidstTwilightRescueRainbowTransparentSteepSlender Book:Three plays Source: Three plays