The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
About Alfred Austin
Alfred Austin was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controversy or refused the honour. It was claimed that he was being rewarded for his support for the Conservative leader Lord Salisbury in the General Election of 1895.
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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
British writer and poet
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.
British writer and poet
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
British writer and poet
Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.
British writer and poet
Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.
British writer and poet
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.
British writer and poet