“Some may wonder why I chose wildflowers when there are hunger and unemployment and the big bomb in the world. Well, I, for one, think we will survive, and I hope that along the way we can keep alive our experience with the flowering earth. For the bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson

Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb

Wishes are free. ~ George Ella Lyons

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show. ~Andrew Wyeth

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. ~John Muir

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. ~Elizabeth Lawrence

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Anderson

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. ~Ruth Stout

As a gardener, I'm among those who believe that much of the evidence of God's existence has been planted. ~Robert Brault