Through gardening, we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land.” - Julie Meir Messervy, “The Inward Garden” “I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow to interact with nature to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark.

They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before.” - Vita Sackville-West “The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. The gardener is usually dead, of course.” - Henry Mitchell All is at last in balance and all is serene. 'By the time one is 80, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. July 2010 - John & Maralee Karworski *new address/new garden One must not always see it dressed up for a ball, manicured and immaculate.” - Fernand Lequenne “If you really want to draw close to your garden, you must remember first of all that you are dealing with a being that lives and dies like the human body, with its poor flesh, its illnesses at times repugnant. If no one had ever seen a flower, even a dandelion would be the most startling event in the world.” - Martina Arroyo “The miracles of nature do not seem miracles because they are so common. “However many years she lived, Mary always felt that she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow.” - Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden “The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world.” -Michael Pollan

“I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.” - Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes They thrive because someone expended effort on them.” - Liberty Hyde Bailey Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. 'A garden requires patient labor and attention. “Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.” - Lindley Karstens “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” - Luther Burbank They have neither emotions nor conflicts.” - Sigmund Freud Their names will live in glory in Spokane gardening history! “Local Spokane Gardeners Hall of Fame–The Best of the Best”

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