“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.”
Thomas Jefferson
5 FAMOUS QUOTES · JOY OF GARDENING
Read 5 famous joy of gardening quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.”
Thomas Jefferson
“To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch their renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.”
Charles Dudley Warner
“Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.”
William Cowper
“I come now to the pleasures of husbandry, in which I vastly delight.”
Cicero
“I have often thought that if heaven had given me choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for the productions of the garden.”
Thomas Jefferson