Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.

In my opinion hard core gardeners, like eco-terrorists, some street gangs, and any American militia group itching for a confrontation with the FBI, have forgotten the main idea.

Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed.

Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's field of activities demands an audience. No one wants flowers to blush unseen or waste their sweetness.

There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.

A Garden is a Friend You Can Visit Anytime