Poems From the Garden to Add to Favors

1. " All the flowers and trees of tomorrow are in the seeds of today." — Author Unknown

Herbs

2. "I will reveal to you a love potion, without medicine, without herbs, without any witches magic; if you want to be loved, then love. " — Hecaton of Rhodes
3. "If the day and night are such that you greet them with joy and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet scented herbs that is your success. All nature is your congratulations." — Henry David Thoreau
4. "…raised with gravel and sand, having seats and banks of Camomile — all this delights the mind and brings health to the body." — William Lawson
5. "How could such sweet and wholesome hours be reckoned but with herbs and flowers? — A. Marvell
6. "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance-pray you, love, remember." — William Shakespeare-Hamlet

Trees

7. " He who plant a tree, plants a hope…" — Lucy Larcom

Seeds

8. "…I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there and I am prepared to expect wonders." — Henry David Thoreau

Hearts

9. "I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes." — Kahlil Gibran
10. Marriage is "…the joining of two people- the union of two hearts." — Jill Ryynanen
11. "To love a person is to learn the song that is in their Heart, and to sing it to them When they have Forgotten." — Author Unknown
12. "I wrote your name in the sand but the waves washed it away, then I wrote it in the sky and the wind blew it away, so I wrote it in my heart and that's where it will stay." — Author unknown

Butterflies

13. "The summer life in the garden of the winged things of the air is most charming… the whole blossoming space is alive with many-colored butterflies like floating flowers." — Celia Thaxter
14. " Just living is not enough, said the butterfly. One must have sunshine, freedom , and a little flower." — Hans Christian Anderson
15. " To make a wish come true, whisper it to a butterfly .Because they are silent they tell no one.The wish is then delivered to heaven on the wings of a butterfly." — Native Indian Legend

Nature, Flowers, Garden

16. " To create a little flower is the labour of ages." — William Blake
17. "The earth laughs in flowers." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
18. " Let us permit nature to have her way, she understands her business better than we do." — Montaigne
19. " ‘…come forth into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher." — William Wordsworth
20. " All that in this delightful garden grows, should happy be, and have immortal bliss." — Spencer’s Faerie Queen
21. " To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour." — William Blake
22. " Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." — William Wordsworth
23. " The spring arose and the spirit of love fell on the garden." — Author Unknown
24. " More than anything I must have flowers, always, always." — Claude Monet
25. " I have a garden of my own, Shining with flowers of every hue; I love it dearly while alone, But I shall love it more with you." — Thomas Moore
26. " Flowers are love’s truest language." — Park Benjamin
27. "How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
28. " If you once loved a garden that love will stay with you." — Louise Driscoll
29. " Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them." — John Ruskin
30. " Almost any garden, if you see it at just the right moment , can be confused with paradise." — Henry Mitchell
31. " In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." — Aristotle

Love

50. "Life is a flower of which love is the honey." — Victor Hugo
51. "I have a garden of my own, Shining with flowers of every hue; I love it dearly while alone, But I shall love it more with you." — Thomas Moore
52. " Hours fly Flowers die. New days, New ways Pass by; Love stays." — Henry Van Dyke
53. " Came but for friendship, and took away love." — Thomas Moore
54. "There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love." —Corinthians
55. " Joy does not happen; it is a flower that springs from roots." — M.D. Babcock
56. "You are the most beautiful flower in the garden of my existence." — Steve Hodgin
57. "Much more grows in the garden than that which is planted there." —Japanese Proverb
58. "To love a person is to learn the song that is in their Heart,And to sing it to them When they have Forgotten." —Author Unknown
59. "Once in a while, Right in the middle of an ordinary life, Love gives us a fairy tale." —Anonymous
60. "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight, For Ine'er saw true beauty till this night." —William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)
61. "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." — Voltaire
62. "It is a beautiful necessity of our nature to love something." — Jerrold
63. "I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have lived and loved." — Schiller
64. "Love is being stupid together." — Paul Valery
65. "Love is like wildflowers, it is often found in the most unlikely places." — Author Unkown
66. "There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love." — 1 Corinthians 13:13
67. "We love the things we love for what they are." — Robert Frost
68. "We cannot do great things: only small things with great love." — Mother Teresa
69. "If there is anything better than to be loved, it is loving." — Anon
70. "To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another." — Leibnitz

The Kiss

71. "Kisses are the messengers of love." — Danish Proverb
72. "Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, Because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath." — Eve Gilicksman
73. "I can express no kinder sign of love,than this kind kiss." — William Shakespeare
74. "How delicious is the winning of a kiss at love's beginning." — Thomas Campbell
75. "A kiss is something you cannot give without taking and cannot take without giving." — Anonymous

Bridal Showers

76. "…and the glad earth, caressed by picture murmuring showers, wakes like a bride, to deck herself in flowers!" — H.S. Cornwell
77. Since her big day’s not far away, Seems like it might be nice to have a shower for the bride before we’re throwing rice!

Marriage

78. "My heart is ever at your service." — William Shakespeare
79. "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." — Mignon McLaughlin

Anniversary

80. "When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past-
    For years fleet sway with the wings of the dove-
    The dearest remembrance will still be the last,
    Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love." — Lord Byron
81. "Grow old along with me the best is yet to be." — Robert Browning

Baby Showers

82. "Soon to be a special time of lullabies and nursery rhymes."

Friendship

83. "Came but for friendship, and took away love." — Thomas Moore
84. "And the song from the beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Graduation

85. Our past holds our accomplishments, Our future holds our dreams, and Today is our day to go forth and succeed.

Seasons

86. " The tints of autumn- a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost." — John Greenleaf Whittier
87. " Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons." — Jim Bishop
88. " At Christmas I no more desire a rose than wish a snow in May’s new fangled mirth, But like of each thing that in season grows." — William Shakespeare
89. Christmas Eve" — Dawn Rosell:
      Warm smells of pine trees and hot cocoa hang in the air.
      The sound of carolers and sleigh bells ring out a heavenly tune.
      Lights twinkle in the wind on trees everywhere as the snow falls like jewels of white.
      Children curled up snug in warm beds dream of tomorrow's festivities.
      All is peace tonight, for it is Christmas Eve.

Memorials

90. "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal." — Thomas Moore
91. " Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul." — Henry Ward Beecher
92. " All are parts of one stupendous whole, whose body nature is, and God the soul." — Alexander Pope

Teachers

93. A teacher plants the seeds of knowledge, sprinkles them with love, and patiently nurtures their growth to produce tomorrow’s dreams.
94. A teacher makes you feel good about who you are, and inspires you to become all you can be.
95. To teach is to touch a life forever.