#gardens

I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens. ↗

— Elton John

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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

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It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

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The pond garden is an intricate phenomenon coalescing the intent and will of various people of influence living at various times. ↗

— Norris Brock Johnson

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You're not a gardener, are you? So perhaps you don't know that once a garden is established, much of good gardening is about removal rather than planting, honing what you have to produce a pleasing effect, sacrificing the particular for the good of the whole. Gardening is a creative pastime, but the result is always a work in progress; unlike a painting or a piece of music a garden is never fixed in time. ("In The Garden") ↗

— Rosalie Parker

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No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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The plants are principally kept in large pots arranged in rows along the sides of narrow paved walks, with the houses of the gardeners at the entrance through which the visitors pass to the gardens. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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The secret to making yourself stronger is to absorb the strength of the people around you—energy begets energy. ↗

— Adachi Zenko

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I got involved in Gateway National Park and just became fascinated with gardens. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

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