“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow mere...” — Liberty Hyde Bailey Quote

“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.”

“Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.”

“There are two essential epochs in any enterprise - to begin, and to get done.”

“The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.”

“I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere they are visible yet everywhere occult.”

“I cannot remember a time when I was not interested in both gardening and painting. I must have been born with a trowel in one hand and a paintbrush in the other.”

“I loved to get all dusty and ride horses and plant potatoes and cotton.”

“Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.”

“I like to encourage people interested in gardening or planting to begin with a simple herb garden. Even if you live in a small apartment, you can have some herb pots.”

“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.”

“You have to put your partner and family at the top of the list and there must be downtime - time for gardening, cooking time, book reading time.”