Where You Tend a Rose by Frances Hodgson Burnett Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Frances Hodgson Burnett Related posts: Flowers Reflect the Human Search for Meaning Ah, Summer Hot July Brings Cooling Showers Meadow-Sweet The Rose ← The Modest Rose Puts Forth a ThornThe Roses Get it →