"Every blade of grass, each leaf, each separate floret and petal, is an inscription speaking of hope." Richard Jefferies - John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction.
"Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts." Sigmund Freud - (1856–1939), Austrian neurologist and psychotherapist. He was the first to emphasize the significance of unconscious processes in normal and neurotic behavior and was the founder of psychoanalysis as both a theory of personality and a therapeutic practice. He proposed the existence of an unconscious element in the mind that influences consciousness and of conflicts in it between various sets of forces.
"Green fingers are the extensions of a verdant heart." Russell Page - Montague Russell Page OBE (OBE stands for Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, which is an honor awarded for significant contributions to society, particularly in the arts, sciences, and public service.) (1 November 1906 – 4 January 1985) was a British gardener, garden designer and landscape architect. He worked in the UK, western Europe and the United States of America.
"If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need." Marcus Tullius Cicero - Marcus Tullius Cicero; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic. A supporter of Pompey against Julius Caesar, in the Philippics (43 bc) he attacked Mark Antony, who had him put to death.
"In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Here is one spot where each may experience the "romance of possibility."" Louise Beebe Wilder - (January 30, 1878 – April 20, 1938) was an American gardening writer and designer whose books are now considered classics of their era.
"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime."" Martin Luther - 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Western and Christian history.
"The earth laughs in flowers." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82), US philosopher and poet. In 1832, while visiting Britain, he became associated with German idealism. On his return to the US, he evolved the concept of transcendentalism, which found expression in his essay Nature (1836).
"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." Audrey Hepburn, born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian.
"Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps." Bronson Alcott (1799–1888), US educator; father of Louisa May Alcott; full name Amos Bronson Alcott. He advocated radical reforms in education, including racial integration in the classroom. Appointed superintendent of schools in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1859, he created the first parent–teacher association. Bronson Alcott as quoted in Out to Canaan, a book in The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
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