#garden

My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

#garden #i #law #only #position

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#chinese #cultivate #employer #even #extensively

There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#according #business #dozen #extensive #gardens

One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#garden #overnight #perfect #which

Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more. ↗

— Rip Torn

#grow #help #maybe #more #out

President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and other natural resources. And one way of restoring the land to its natural condition is what we are doing here today - breaking pavement for the People's Garden. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#commitment #condition #doing #expressed #garden

People think that because of my act that I must have a really busy mind and I must be driven. I really am not. I quite like going outside and looking at spiders on a hedge in my garden and stuff. ↗

— Tim Vine

#am #because #busy #driven #garden

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too. ↗

— Jack Welch

#developing #gardener #had #i #job

Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking! ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#building #built #elton #fountain #garden

My hobby is gardening, I love it, it's my main hobby. I like being at home and I'm very happy being in my house, I love cooking. ↗

— Susan Hampshire

#cooking #gardening #happy #hobby #home