William Morris Quotes About Gardens

Quotes about: Gardens

• As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.

  William Morris

  Garden, Fruit, Chiefs

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.21, Cambridge University Press

• I know a little garden close
  Set thick with lily and red rose,
  Where I would wander if I might
  From dewy dawn to dewy night.
  And have one with me wandering.

  William Morris

  Flower, Night, Garden

  William Morris (1872). “The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem”, p.85

• Large or small, [the garden] should be orderly and rich. It should be well fenced from the outside world. It should by no means imitate either the willfulness or the wildness of nature, but should look like a thing never to be seen except near the house. It should, in fact, look like part of the house.

  William Morris

  Mean, Garden, House

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