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“Marriage is a garden that requires two gardeners to care for it.”
― Nate Hamon

“I would like to build a garden,' she declared. 'After all of this... I think the world needs more gardens.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Whaddya mean you don't farm or garden? You mean you get all your food purely as a consooomer?”
― Jarod Kintz, World Farming Championship

“It’s in the little flowers of kindness that we find the maximum nectar of happiness.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Yes, sing
to me, Little Bird,
while we wait.

Fill me with
those feathered
lullabies, those
promises of big

blue skies—sing
me your sweet
songs of freedom.”
― Jenny Noble Anderson

“You’re already in the territory of the flowers. It’s only a matter of time before you blossom.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“And thus the... valley became a garden again, and the inheritance, which had been lost by cruelty, was regained by love.”
― John Ruskin, The King of the Golden River; or, The Black Brothers, a Legend of Stiria. Illustrated by Richard Doy

“There is no scent of nostalgia like a fragrance drawn from the garden of childhood memories.”
― Aloo Denish

“There are seeds of greatness within you. You will either see them as worth planting, or you will not. You may attempt to trade them for other seeds that will never adapt to the soil of your soul, or you will realize that no seed created can match the ones already within you. Wisdom would tell you to accept the seeds, not your view of them. Prudence would tell you to embrace the soil, not your sense of its suitability. And determination would tell you to rigorously cultivate that which is already within you with great vigor, for to alter seed or soil is to destroy both and render the garden barren.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Είχε κάτι το ανατρεπτικό αυτός ο κήπος της Σερίνα, μιαν αίσθηση θαμμένων όντων που υψώνονται προς τα πάνω σκάζοντας μέσα απ' το έδαφος, βουβά, στο φως, σαν να δείχνουν, να λένε: Οτιδήποτε κι αν σιγάσεις θα κάνει σαματά για ν' ακουστεί, έστω και σιωπηλά...
Ο ήλιος χύνει πάνω του το φως του, σαφώς, μα αναδύεται και μια θερμότητα απ' τα ίδια τα λουλούδια, την αισθάνεσαι: σαν να κρατάς το χέρι σου δυο πόντους πάνω από ένα μπράτσο, από έναν ώμο. Ανασαίνει μεσ΄τη θέρμη, ανασαίνοντας τον εαυτό του. Το να βαδίζω μεσ' απ' τη θέρμη, αυτές τις μέρες, μεσ' απ' τις παιωνίες, τα ροζ γαρύφαλλα, μου φέρνει ίλιγγο.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Embrace who you are
and blossom as you are.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya, Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected

“There is no scent of nostalgia like a fragrance drawn from the garden of childhood memories.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero

“The Crowned Snail by Stewart Stafford

The vortex-shelled snail,
Hermit rider of the dome,
Silver trails cross the garden,
This green, perennial home.

Playing Russian Roulette,
With giant feet or wheels,
Survivor of stone attacks,
Battering rams birds wield.

A journey with no beginning,
Nor a destination to travel to,
Snug in his fortress castle,
A crowned king, incognito.

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“You’re already in the territory of the flowers. It’s only a matter of time before you bloom.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“The prettiest flowers are the smallest.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Coorie gardens all have a place that encourages reflection and peacefulness.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“A garden breaks the cycle of thoughts.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“I'm certain that our friends from around the world find it hilarious that as soon as the sun makes an appearance we rush to sit out on our patios and balconies clutching hot drinks, "Isn't it lovely?" we tell each other, our voices barely audible through the chatter of our teeth.
Even in summer the Scottish weather can be so changeable that we have learned to adapt our gardens, putting up seagrass walls to shield lawns and installing barbeques in sunken courtyards in an attempt to prevent being driven inside by the wind.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Like our homes, a garden is an extension of taste and preference.
It can be a hobby room, a zone for entertaining, a junkyard and a display of creativity.
Somewhere to take a gulp of air or wine - whichever is the most necessary.
The garden also works hard.
It is a place to hang washing, to store equipment, bikes and ladders, to hose down a muddy dog.
Those of us with gardens big enough to execute our visions prove that projects can be born combining many of these elements, sometimes even all.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Coorie gardens have a common trait: there will be at least one place that encourages reflection and peacefulness.
A coorie spot could be a garden grotto, blending into the scenery with trained climbers concealing its form or a basic summerhouse with space to sit.
A balcony with a comfortable chair where you can turn your face to the sun and read a book is a perfect coorie space.
Even a shared back court with a picnic bench can be dressed with lanterns and potted plants to conjure the feeling of coorie.
Some intrepid souls might like to string a hammock out to evoke the ultimate sense of downtime.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Gardeners with coorie on the brain don't have to look far for inspiration.
An urban jungle can easily be created on a tiny city terrace.
Professional gardeners recommend looking around to see what context your outside space falls within to give you clues on design.
If the spires of a large granite church or leaves of a copper beech tree can be seen close by echo the colours and shapes.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“To start, planters large enough to host quick growing shrubbery work best on terraces but think about how much light your outside space receives.
Try foliage in shady spots and grasses in areas that are scorched by the wind.
Once established, greenery should also provide an extra layer of shelter to protect when you're sitting outside with a morning coffee.
Light sources are the final, crucial addition to coorie gardens - as they are in most ideas relating to the concept.
If your outside space has a pagoda or loggia, roof-hung lighting creates a beguiling grotto effect.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“Everyone needs a space in which they can hide from the world.
But it's not always easy to have one in your house.
The ideal scenario is to have a room away from the main thoroughfare of a home - and that's where a garden room comes in handy.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“It would be a dream; releasing frenetic urges to
Splice ivy and crawl upward, encircling this
Ancient fir, every ripened sessile
climbing
climbing
climbing for Heaven, every
Fibrous vein a prayer”
― Cheryl Seely Savage, We Have Time

“Behind me, my room at Grafton is a gorgeous garden paradise in hues of green. The wallpaper is printed with a grid of vines that climbs up to the crown molding. My bed's canopy is stretched with a deep emerald damask that makes me feel like I'm in an enchanted garden. Beyond the window is even more green, a long lawn bordered by thick woods and farther off, Vermont's rolling mountains on the horizon. It's more nature than I've seen in years. The view from my Brooklyn apartment has one tree and a few pigeons. This is something else entirely. The word that springs to mind is majestic.”
― Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

“Next year, I'm developing my green thumb even more. I wish for a beautiful and thriving garden.”
― Robin S. Baker

“The main rectangular swimming pool ran perpendicular to the house, which you wouldn't know because it was almost completely covered in a cloud of white. I walked closer, stunned at the beautiful lotus and water lily blooms floating beneath my feet. A glass aisle was laid across the center. You felt like you were walking---or sitting--- in a Monet painting. Complementary flowers lined the sides of the aisles, with chairs extending on either side of the now-concealed pool deck. I had no idea what wizardry kept the central flowers from floating freely, but my sister would walk down the aisle above a lush bed of white blossoms.
Beside it, the ornamental gardens had been tented for the reception. Cedric had managed to integrate the existing stone sculptures (French, Greek, and Italian antiques, of course) into the design. Tables dotted the scene, covered in custom cream linens with Italian lace overlays. Cut crystal stemware and antique silverware donned each place setting and would sparkle later that evening from the glow cast down from the crystal chandeliers overhead. And the flowers. The all-white flowers also created a table-runner effect that filled the entire length of each table and spilled over and down the sides.
A backdrop and stage had been erected at the end opposite the house, then covered in a cascade of white peonies and roses and mirrored by florals draped around the doorframes and windows of the back of our house.
It was an enchanted garden, rivaling that of a royal wedding.”
― Mary Hollis Huddleston, Piece of Cake: A Novel

“Sometimes there is a summer evening so perfect the very air seems charged with magic. In England, such evenings are not only rare, they are intensely brittle.”
― Margaret Buntrock, Pains Hill

“A garden can always change things,�� she said smiling as she knelt down and dug her hands into the earth. “With new seeds there are new beginnings.”
― Nina Willner , Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall

“Flowers not only make our lives better, but they also show us how to bloom together.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya