By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. All is at last in balance and all is serene. The gardener is usually dead, of course. ~ Henry Mitchell, [...]
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Gardens in Art: Week 8
Posted in Gardens in Art, tagged Henry Mitchell, The Old Gardener by Emile Claus on January 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Gardens in Art: Week 7
Posted in Gardens in Art, tagged Gertrude Jekyll, Terraced Garden in Mallorca by Santiago Rusinol on December 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. ~ Gertrude Jekyll
Gardens in Art: Week 6
Posted in Gardens in Art, tagged Die Birkenalle im Wannseegarten nach Western by Max Leibermannn on December 10, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination. ~ C.W. Earle
Gardens in Art: Week 4
Posted in Gardens in Art, tagged Roses: The Artist's Wife in the GArden at Skagen by Peder Severin Kroyer on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~ Hanna Rion
Gardens in Art: Week 3
Posted in Gardens in Art, tagged Robert Brault, The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil by Claude Monet on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden. ~Robert Brault
Gardens in Art: Week 2
Posted in Gardens in Art, tagged The Letter by Bruce W. Currie on October 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When words escape, flowers speak. ~ Bruce W. Currie I love this painting, not only for its portrayal of fall – the yellow leaves scattered around on the ground and the vines turning a bright orangey-red in the background but for the expression on the woman’s face. Is she hiding something from the man [...]
Gardens in Art: Week 1
Posted in Gardens in Art, tagged Chrysanthemums by Dennis Miller Bunker, Gertrude Jekyll on October 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. ˜ Gertrude Jekyll
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