The seasons in the garden

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years ! The Marshall replied: "In that case, there is no time to loose; plant it his afternoon !"
John F. Kennedy

SPRING

          To see a World in a Grain of Sand ,
          And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
          Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
          And Eternity in an hour.
          William Blake

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries,
and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
Joseph Addison

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SUMMER

Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.
Luther Burbank (1849-1926, American Horticulturist)

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In the beauty of nature lies the spirit of hope.
Unknown author.

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There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior, there is a drama, a comedy and a tragedy
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

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AUTUMN

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain a vocation. It becomes an obsession.
Phyllis McGinley

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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Albert Szent-Gy (1893-1986)

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To learn and then put it in practice -isn't that a delight?
To have friends come from afar -isn't that a joy ?
K'ung, "The Lun Yu" (Confucius) (551-479 BC)

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Flower never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm.
When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.
Jean-Paul Richter