Dries van Noten Quotes

What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

I'm a flower gardener.

I garden. It's very relaxing to me.

I'm really into gardening.

Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning.

I adore gardening and plan to take it up properly when I have a bit more time on my hands. Until then, I love pottering in garden centres. I'm totally low maintenance. I don't ask for fancy plants, just basic, long-lasting shrubs that look nice. But I am particular about flowers.

I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.

I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

A good garden may have some weeds.

I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.

Gardening is seen as a pastime that is almost like belonging to the Church of England - a sign of maturity and wisdom and right thinking.

I'm a gardener, and I love to plant.

You don't need a great green thumb in order to make something look nice. A lot of times, it's just about cleaning up the weeds and trimming back the shrubs.

I was a landscaper for three years and loved it.

At home, I relax by gardening, or just pottering.

Gardening always has been an art, essentially.

I do the gardening.

I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.

Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I'm absolutely fascinated by it.

I'd love to have a really flourishing vegetable garden, and I'd love to have a better area for a rose garden or a cutting garden, but I don't. You have to develop a garden in the way that it's meant to be developed.

Gardening is not my thing. You're digging in the dirt, and then a couple of months later, something happens.

I'm huge on spring and summer gardening. I'm really proud of my perennial beds. That's a passion of mine.

I like gardening.

I think that's my strength, that I am an amateur gardener who loves gardening. I've read about it, I've written about it, I've done it all my life but at heart, I'm just a passionate amateur gardener.

My gardening apprenticeship was similar to the way a chimney sweep is pushed up a chimney. It was enforced by my parents, non-negotiable - it would be weeding the strawberries, mowing the grass.