25 Proverbs & Quotes for Garden Journaling
Give yourself uplifting encouragement with garden quotes and proverbs. Gardening is a perfect way to uplift and inspire. It gets you down in the dirt, soaking in plenty of Vitamin C. In addition, it gives your body the rest and peace of being outdoors. And with the bonus of seeing your nurtured plants grow and thrive, it’s the perfect activity for almost any day of the year.
In this quick-read listicle, discover our top 25 favorite proverbs and quotes to add to your garden journal this season.
25 Garden Quotes & Proverbs to Inspire
- Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years. – Unknown
- Garden as though you will live forever. – William Kent
- There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments. – Janet Kilburn Phillips
- God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. – Francis Bacon
- The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway. – Michael Pollan
- The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body but the soul. – Alfred Austin
- Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? – Douglas Adams
- More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. – Spanish proverb
- Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors. –Oscar de la Rentawn
- My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece. – Claude Monet
- Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. – Allan Armitage
- I like gardening. It’s a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself. – Alice Sebold
- If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden. – Robert Brault
- 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
- I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. – Claude Monet
- Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That’s the fun of them. You’re always learning. – Helen Mirren
- The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. – Gertrude Jekyll
- I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil. – Monty Don
- I’ve always felt that having a garden is like having a good and loyal friend. – C Z Guest
- To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. – Audrey Hepburn
- In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. – Margaret Atwood
- 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
- In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. – Alice Walker
- Use plants to bring life. – Douglas Wilson
- Life begins the day you start a garden. – Chinese proverb
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