YARD OF THE MONTHAugust, 2016

“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”

Victor Hugo: Les Miserables

“A power of Butterfly must be -The Aptitude to flyMeadows of Majesty concedesAnd easy Sweeps of Sky -”

Emily Dickenson

“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: The Little Prince

“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”― Abraham Lincoln

“For you little gardener and lover of trees, I have only a small gift. Here is set G for Galadriel, but it may stand for garden in your tongue. In this box there is earth from my orchard, and such blessing as Galadriel has still to bestow is upon it. It will not keep you on your road, nor defend you against any peril; but if you keep it and see your home again at last, then perhaps it may reward you. ”

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Fellowship of the Ring

“The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.”

Thomas Jefferson: The Fruit Hunters

“I must have flowers, always, and always.”― Claude Monet

“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.”

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Photography by Knox Porter