Rudyard Kipling Quotes About Gardens

Quotes about: Gardens

• Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Beautiful, Garden, Sight

  History of England (1911) "The Glory of the Garden"

• The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Lying, Eye, Garden

  History of England (1911) "The Glory of the Garden"

• And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden, You will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Cheer

  Rudyard Kipling, David Arscott (2007). “A Sussex Kipling”, p.85, Pomegranate Press

• Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!

  Rudyard Kipling

  Work, Garden, Hands

  History of England (1911) "The Glory of the Garden"

• Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
  By singing 'Oh how wonderful' and sitting in the shade,
  While better men than we go out, and start their working lives
  By grubbing weeds from garden paths with broken dinner knives.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Weed, Men, Garden

  1911 'The Glory of the Garden'.

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