Ode to a gardener

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flyboyFL Longboat Key, FL Jul 04, 2005

It's from "Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury.

"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or flower you planted, you're there. It doesn't matter what you do, he said, as long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn cutter might just as well not been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime."

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ButterflyChaser Northeast, AR(Zone 7a) Jul 05, 2005

What a nice perspective, Flyboy. I like it!

NancyAnn

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Jul 06, 2005

Great quote - thanks for taking time to post it. I love Bradbury.

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flyboyFL Longboat Key, FL Jul 06, 2005

Thank you both. It's funny how things read differently to one, as one matures. When I was a kid I just sloughed over it . Re-reading it now, truly rang a bell.

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