The importance & value of a small, tidy garden is explained with quotes from icons of literature and history. Colors and patterns emerge from the good earth to enhance our days.

1. YARD OF THE MONTH
August, 2016

3.  “A garden to walk
in and immensity to
dream in--what
more could he ask?
A few flowers at his
feet and above him
the stars.”
 Victor Hugo: Les
Miserables

5.  “A power of
Butterfly must be -
The Aptitude to fly
Meadows of
Majesty concedes
And easy Sweeps
of Sky -”
 Emily Dickenson

8.  “Well, I must
endure the
presence of a
few
caterpillars if I
wish to
become
acquainted
with the
butterflies.”
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:
The Little Prince

9. “The greatest fine art of the future will be the
making of a comfortable living from a small piece
of land.”
― Abraham Lincoln

10.  “For you little gardener
and lover of trees, I have
only a small gift. Here is
set G for Galadriel, but it
may stand for garden in
your tongue. In this box
there is earth from my
orchard, and such
blessing as Galadriel has
still to bestow is upon it.
It will not keep you on
your road, nor defend
you against any peril;
but if you keep it and
see your home again at
last, then perhaps it may
reward you. ”
 J.R.R.Tolkien: The
Fellowship of the Ring

11.  “The greatest service
which can be rendered
any country is to add a
useful plant to its
culture.”
 Thomas Jefferson: The
Fruit Hunters

12.  “I must have flowers, always, and
always.”
― Claude Monet

13.  “I will be the gladdest
thing under the sun! I
will touch a hundred
flowers and not pick
one.”
 Edna St.Vincent Millay

14.  Photography by Knox Porter