"When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves."

 

-    Ken Druse

 

Peppermint Candy of the evening

July 4, 2007

 

 

"One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. "

-  W. E. Johns

 

 

White Blizzard

July 2, 2007

 

 

"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. "

-  Gertrude Jekyll

 

 

Salmon Queen

July 2, 2007

 

 

 

"I haven't much time to be fond of anything, but when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times...the roses get it."

---(William) Wilkie Col

 

 

 

Iceberg Roses

July1, 2007

 

 

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."

------Franz Kafka

 

 

Alstromeria

July 1, 2007

 

"Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language."

-- Henry James

 

Royal Dark Blue

July 1, 2007

 

 

 

"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again."

 

-----Elizabeth Lawrence

 

 

 

Arctic Red in the bright sunshine

July 1, 2007

 

 

"All gardens are a form of autobiography."

 

----Robert Dash

 

 

Nicole ivy geranium

July 1, 2007

 

"Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas."

- Elizabeth Murray

 

 

 

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