The Gardener's Guide to Life: Timeless Lessons Based on the Principles of Gardening

by Criswell Freeman (Editor)

Success in the garden depends on certain unchanging principles. This book celebrates the gentle wisdom of gardening through the words of philosophers, poets, naturalists and, above all, gardeners. If you're ready to dig for insights about land and life, you'll find these ideas invaluable.

Genres: Gardening

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1997

Reviews

[TAP]

The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

- George Bernard Shaw

[Cheryl]

12 chapters of quotes related to gardening. Gratitude, Planning, Diligence, Attention, Silence, Optimism, Patience, Perseverance, Lifetime Learning, Time, Reverence, and Enjoying the Bounty. The two quotes that stood out for me were not exactly gardening, but could be.
He who fears he shall suffer
already suffers what he fears.
- Michel de Montaigne

Failure is the path of least persistence.
- Anonymous

[Belinda]

The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the whole world. -Charles Dudley Warner

A sweet collection of quotes that describe the joys and tribulations of being a gardener. The sayings are grouped by topics such as perseverance, patience and gratitude. The index lists the sayings by author and page number. This book is a good reference for writing and speaking. It is easily read, easy to stop and start. To really enjoy it, I believe it is better absorbed by rereading and reflecting in small doses. Reading it cover to cover becomes a little monotonous.

Compiled and edited by a Nashville, TN author.
Read in paperback.