Gardening 12 Life-Inspiring Gardening Quotes to Share Your Love for Nature Inspire yourself through the eyes of your garden. By Viveka Neveln Viveka Neveln Viveka Neveln is the Garden Editor at BHG and a degreed horticulturist with broad gardening expertise earned over 3+ decades of practice and study. She has more than 20 years of experience writing and editing for both print and digital media. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on February 9, 2024 Close Share your love for all things nature with these special gardening quotes from some of history's most famous gardeners, who even share some interesting insights and philosophy about life as they apply to the garden. 01 of 12 Garden Quotes "I grow plants for many reasons: to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty, or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow." -David Hobson Download this garden quote 02 of 12 Garden Quotes "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are." -Alfred Austin Download this garden quote 03 of 12 Garden Quotes "A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them." -Liberty Hyde Bailey Download this garden quote 04 of 12 Garden Quotes "The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies." -Gertrude Jekyll Download this garden quote 05 of 12 Garden Quotes "Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint and the soil and sky as canvas." -Elizabeth Murray Download this garden quote 06 of 12 Garden Quotes "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." -Cicero Download this garden quote 07 of 12 Garden Quotes "Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace." -May Sarton Download this garden quote 08 of 12 Garden Quotes "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." -Audrey Hepburn Download this garden quote 09 of 12 Garden Quotes "Though an old man, I am but a young gardener." -Thomas Jefferson Download this garden quote 10 of 12 Garden Quotes "A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy." -Luis Barragan Download this garden quote 11 of 12 Garden Quotes "Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." -Marcel Proust Download this garden quote 12 of 12 Garden Quotes "Gardening always has been an art, essentially." -Robert Irwin Download this garden quote Easy Ideas to Get Inspired by Nature Your love and appreciation for gardening can go above and beyond quotes. There are simple and innovative ways to include Mother Nature in your everyday life. Take your home decor, for example—regardless of your style, you may find inspiration from the outdoors by using color palettes inspired by nature, from sage green touches for an airy, calming vibe, to flawless decor pairings using brown shades and watery blues, or eclectic pink and red hues for a 70s fair. Add foliage and floral patterns to soft furnishings and accents. Speaking about flowers, while you can rely on them to create stunning centerpieces for every occasion, flowers have a special symbolism and may uplift your mood or send a subtle message of your intentions to their recipients. To feel strength, resilience, and well-being in your home, try adding French marigolds, dandelions, or bright carnations around strategic spaces where you can see them first thing in the morning. For love or passion, red or pink roses will create the perfect atmosphere, whether you’re single or taken. If you need calm and peace, neutral-colored chrysanthemums or lilies may give you a sense of tranquility when added to clean, minimalist rooms. 12 Life-Inspiring Gardening Quotes to Share Your Love for Nature Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit