The life of a gardener can be a tough one. Hours of toil out in the cold, wind, sun and rain… we can all do with a little something to inspire us now and then. So we’ve gathered a collection of our favourite inspirational gardening quotes – a few words of wisdom to keep you going!

1.

Audrey Hepburn Quote
‘To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow’ – Audrey Hepburn

2.

Abraham Lincoln Quote
‘We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses’ – Abraham Lincoln

3.

Janet Kilburn Phillips
‘There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments’ – Janet Kilburn Phillips

4.

Francis Bacon Quote
‘a garden… is the purest of human pleasures’ – Francis Bacon

5.

Gertrude Jekyll Quote
‘A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust’ – Gertrude Jekyll

6.

Oscar de la Renta Quote
‘Gardening is the work of a lifetime: you never finish’ – Oscar de la Renta

7.

Mahatma Gandhi Quote
‘To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves’ – Mahatma Gandhi

8.

C. L. Fornari Quote
‘No life is without difficulties, no garden is without weeds’ – C. L. Fornari

9.

Marcus Tullius Cicero Quote
‘If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need’ – Marcus Tullius Cicero

10.

H. E. Bates Quote
‘The garden that is finished is dead’ – H. E. Bates

Do let us know if there are any other motivational gardening quotations that you love!

George at PrimroseGeorge works in the Primrose marketing team. As a lover of all things filmic, he also gets involved with our TV ads and web videos.

George’s idea of the perfect time in the garden is a long afternoon sitting in the shade with a good book. A cool breeze, peace and quiet… But of course, he’s usually disturbed by his energetic wire fox terrier, Poppy!

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