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Sorrow is a Fruit

Sorrow is a Fruit

By The Daily Gardener | May 22, 2019

by Victor Hugo Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.       Note: Today in 1885, Victor Hugo died, the author of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame as well as Les Miserables. A gardener, Hugo had many wonderful garden-inspired quotes. As featured onThe Daily Gardener…

Life is the Flower

Life is the Flower

By The Daily Gardener | May 22, 2019

by Victor Hugo Life is the flower for which love is the honey.        Note: Today in 1885, Victor Hugo died, the author of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame as well as Les Miserables. A gardener, Hugo had many wonderful garden-inspired quotes. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are…

Pope’s Grotto

By The Daily Gardener | May 21, 2019

by Alexander Pope Thou who shalt stop, where Thames’ translucent wave Shines a broad Mirror through the shadowy cave; Where ling’ring drops from mineral Roofs distill, And pointed Crystals break the sparkling Rill, Unpolished Gems no ray on Pride bestow, And latent Metals innocently glow. Approach! Great Nature studiously behold; And eye the Mine without…

Song on May Morning

By The Daily Gardener | May 20, 2019

by John Milton Now the bright morning-star, Day’s harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! Woods and groves are of thy dressing; Hill and…

May and the Poets

May and the Poets

By The Daily Gardener | May 17, 2019

by Leigh Hunt There is May in books forever; May will part from Spenser never; May’s in Milton, May’s in Prior, May’s in Chaucer, Thomson, Dyer; May’s in all the Italian books — She has old and modern nooks, Where she sleeps with nymphs and elves, In happy places, they call shelves, And will rise…

May

May

By The Daily Gardener | May 16, 2019

by Sara Teasdale The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, And the petals fall on the orchard wall, But for me, the spring is done. Beneath the apple blossoms I go a wintry way, For love that smiled in April Is false to me in May.   As featured…

Apple Blossoms

May

By The Daily Gardener | May 15, 2019

by Sara Teasdale The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, And the petals fall on the orchard wall, But for me, the spring is done. Beneath the apple blossoms, I go a wintry way, For love that smiled in April Is false to me in May. As featured onThe…

No Winter Lasts Forever

No Winter Lasts Forever

By The Daily Gardener | May 14, 2019

by Hal Borland No winter lasts forever; No spring skips its turn.          Notes: Today is the birthday of Harold Glenn Borland, Born today In 1900. Borland was known as the chronicler of the seasons. He went by Hal, and he was a naturalist as well as the writer. Borland wrote an…

April is a Promise

April is a Promise

By The Daily Gardener | May 14, 2019

by Hal Borland April is a promise that May is bound to keep.       Today is the birthday of Harold Glenn Borland, Born today In 1900. Borland was known as the chronicler of the seasons. He went by Hal, and he was a naturalist as well as the writer. Borland wrote an editorial…

If You Would Know Strength and Patience

If You Would Know Strength and Patience

By The Daily Gardener | May 14, 2019

by Hal Borland If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.            Notes: Today is the birthday of Harold Glenn Borland, Born today In 1900. Borland was known as the chronicler of the seasons. He went by Hal, and he was a naturalist as well as the…

Knowing Trees

Knowing Trees

By The Daily Gardener | May 14, 2019

by Hal Borland Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.          Notes: Today is the birthday of Harold Glenn Borland, Born today In 1900. Borland was known as the chronicler of the seasons. He went by Hal, and he was a naturalist as well as…

You Fight Dandelions All Weekend

You Fight Dandelions All Weekend

By The Daily Gardener | May 14, 2019

by Hal Borland You fight dandelions all weekend, and late Monday afternoon, there they are, pert as all get out, in full and gorgeous bloom, pretty as can be, thriving as only dandelions can in the face of adversity.        Notes: Today is the birthday of Harold Glenn Borland, Born today In 1900.…

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