"Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there." ~Thomas Fuller

“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.” ~Emerson

"Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet." ~Katharine Lee Bates

"What more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars." ~Victor Hugo

"The flowers take the tears of the weeping night, and give them to the sun for the day's delight." ~Joseph Cotter

"In this world, since God began it there's nothing sweeter than a pomegranate." ~from some movie

The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than any place else on earth.
~unknown

"If you'd have a mind at peace, a heart that cannot harden- go find a door that opens wide upon a lovely garden." ~ unknown