The City of Seattle has a ‘pea-patch’ program which provides spaces for urban gardeners. The ‘pea-patches’ are plots of land scattered throughout the city where urban gardeners can work their magic. These plots show the personalities of the communities and the gardeners. They add character and community to an urban area. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the urban gardeners.
“At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous.”
Mirabel Osler
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.”
Rachel Carson
“Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let’s stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.”
Anne Raver
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
Nelson Henderson
“You don’t have a garden just for yourself. You have it to share.”
Augusta Carter
“You ask how many friends I have? Water and stone, bamboo and pine.
The moon rising over the eastern hill is a joyful comrade.
Besides these five companions, what other pleasure should I ask? ”
Yon Sun-do (1587-1671), Korean Poet, Sigo
“Out of gardens grow fleeting flowers but lasting friendships.”
-Beverly Rose Hopper
“A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man’s contribution to the community.”
Richardson Wright, Truly Rural, 1922
“That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees.”
Marcus Aurelius
“If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain.
If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.”
Chinese Proverb
“The best things that can come out of the garden are gifts for other people.”
Jamie Jobb
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