Friendship is like a rose ...

True friendship is like a rose; 

We don't realise its beauty until it fades.

Evelyn Loeb

The Galloping Gardener

... Seeing is believing ...

Old-fashioned Green Rose at Mable Ringling's Rose Garden, Florida

You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know 

that believing is seeing.

Dennis Waitley

Plants give us oxygen ...

Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and the soul.

Linda Solegato

The Galloping Gardener

Just living is not enough

Living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom 
and a little flower.
Hans Christian Anderson

The Galloping Gardener

Where flowers bloom ...

Where flowers bloom, so does hope.

Lady Bird Johnson