“As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that...

“It’s the time you spend on your rose that makes it so important… You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re...

“ The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.” ~ Sydney J. Harris     January, the month of winter sleep, offers gardeners the...

“Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.” –John...

“You’ll never find rainbows if you are looking down.” Charlie Chaplin Did you read Waiting for Godot by the Irish playwright, Samual...

“I go to visit the chrysanthemums. They are indeed, the most universal, the most diverse of flowers.” Comte Maurice Maeterlinck, Nobel...

By Cynthia Brian   “Magnificent Autumn… It is the funeral anthem of the dying year.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   When I was young, I was...

https://open.substack.com/pub/cynthiabrian/p/deer-dear ?  "We are part of the earth, and it is part of us… the deer, the horse, the great...

“Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow”Audrey Hepburn   With the intense heat of this past summer, a cooler fall...

“Nature loves to hide.” Heraclitus In the winter, these ladies are wrapped in lush green manteaus that glisten in the rain. When warmer...

It’s Eco-Optimism for the 2024 Garden Trends Report! By Cynthia Brian “With gratitude, optimism is sustainable.” Michael J. Fox Welcome...

“Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day! Every leaf speaks bliss to me, Fluttering from the autumn...

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”  Henry Ward Beecher Finally my trees and shrubs have donned their fiery...

“River stones remain, while water flows away.” Romanian Proverb Growing up on the farm, our home was surrounded on three sides by hills...

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.” Charles Dickens Monochromatic. My featureless October garden appears...

“This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and animals.” Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass This past year I downloaded a phenomenal...

“My parents told me I’d point to a bed of flowers and say ‘Pink. Pretty’ before I could say any other words!” Joni Mitchell Pink, and all...

I rejoice when I see anyone, and especially children, inquiring about flowers, and wanting gardens of their own, and carefully working in...

More photos: Substack: https://cynthiabrian.substack.com/p/the-july-joys-of-gardening "Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants...