A family that gardens together, stays together. Here are 22 of the best home garden quotes that will get you and your family to be active this 2022.

When you hear the words “fun family activity” what pops up in your head? Some will say a movie night, video games, or even board games. Sure, these are all great, but all of them tend to be rather passive. With all that’s happening now, it’s best to find one that has everyone moving and be physically active.

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One activity that is both fun AND healthy is gardening. Not only this, but there are also many lessons that can be learned along the way. It’s also a great way to give everyone a dose of vitamin D. Oh and the best thing- you get tomatoes, carrots, etc. along the way!

In this article, we’ve listed the best quotes on the home gardens, and house plants quote to inspire you and your family to take up gardening as a family activity.

7 Gardening at Home Quotes

Watering plants
Watering plants

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#1 “If the home is the heart, then the garden is the heartbeat.” – Anonymous

#2 “If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

#3 “Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.“ – Jim Rohn

#4 “But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings – then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.” – George Cadbury

#5 “The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden.” – Stephen Gardiner

#6 “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair should be messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti

#7 “Gardens and children need the same things – patience, love and someone who will never give up on them.” – Nicolette Sowder

7 My Home Garden Quotes

Joyful woman standing in garden
Joyful woman standing in garden

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Below we’ve listed the best quotes on the home garden:

#1 “Life begins the day you start a garden.” – Chinese proverb

#2 “The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.” – Alfred Austin

#3 “I like gardening. It’s a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.” – Alice Sebold

#4 “Turn off the news and get into the garden!” – Anonymous

#5 “Play in the dirt. Because life is too short to always have clean fingernails.” – Anonymous

#6 “I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow.” – David Hobson

#7 “I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.“ – Phyllis Theroux

3 Quotes About Houseplants

House plant
House plant

 

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House plants are a great addition to your family’s home! They are also less easy to kill and can thrive with little sunlight. These can be a stepping stone for you and your family, especially for your kids. So below, we’ve added as well some house plants quotes.

#1 “Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.” – Zora Neale Hurston

#2 “My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.” — H. Fred Dale

#3 “Just because you’ve only got houseplants doesn’t mean you don’t have the gardening spirit -I look upon myself as an indoor gardener.” — Sara Moss-Wolfe

5 Quotes on Kitchen Garden

Vegetable Garden
Vegetable Garden

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The following are our compilation of the best kitchen garden quotes:

#1 “What was paradise, but a garden full of vegetables and herbs and pleasure? Nothing there but delights.” — William Lawson

#2 “For all things produced in a garden, whether of salads or fruits, a poor man will eat better that has one of his own, than a rich man that has none.” — J. C. Loudoun

#3 “Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they love it.” — S. J. Perelman

#4 “Growing your own vegetables is food for both your mind and body” — Dot Cruickshank

#5 “Backyard gardening can inspire you to take an interest in the origins of your food and make better choices about what you put on your plate,” — Dr. Helen Delichatsios

Wrapping Up

Gardening is a great activity that is both fun and healthy for the family. Not only do you get veggies, but you also get to enjoy each other’s company. You can start this whether you’re living in a huge mansion with a wide plot of land to plant on or a small apartment. Just have some soil, pots, seeds, and each other, and you’re good to go!

Need help in assigning gardening tasks? Here are some pointers:

  • Kids, curious bunch, love interacting with dirt
  • Teach the kids to the water, and see progress each day
  • Let them be curious!

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