They say, laughter is the best medicine, and gardening is therapy. So combine the two and you’ll be healed of whatever ailment you’ve got.
Ok, not really… but these funny gardening quotes and memes may be just the thing to pick you up after a hard day of battling weeds and pests.
When you’re just about ready to fold like a cheap lawn chair and burn it all to the ground, pause and take a second to have a good laugh.
I know they made me smile!
In the mood for something soul-stirring or motivating? Head over to my list of inspirational gardening quotes.
Funny Gardening Quotes & Sayings
Gardening is hard. Let’s laugh about it. Check out these hilarious gardening quotes and memes.
Give a weed an inch and it’ll take a yard!
—Unknown
An addiction to gardening is not all bad when you consider all the other choices in life.
—Cora Lea Bell
If you are not killing plants, you are not really stretching yourself as a gardener.
—J.C. Raulston
God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.
—Unknown
Gardening requires lots of water—most of it in the form of perspiration.
—Lou Erickson
My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.
—Fred Dale
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.
—Doug Larson
The philosopher who said that work well done never needs doing over never weeded a garden.
—Ray D. Everson
A dried plant is nothing but a sign to plant a new one.
—Priyansh Shah
Every year I say I’ll plant fewer tomatoes. Every year I lie.
—Unknown
One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of seeds.
—Dan Bennett
All gardeners know better than other gardeners.
—Chinese Proverb
Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
—Jean Jacques Rousseau
Money can’t buy happiness. But it can buy plants, and that’s the same thing.
—Unknown
I tried to cultivate inner peace. But mint took over instead.
—Unknown
Plant turnips in January and you’ll never have to eat turnips.
—Unknown
Gardeners are like doctors; they both bury their mistakes.
—Unknown
Bulb: potential flower buried in Autumn, never to be seen again.
—Henry Beard
I have no plants in my house. They won’t live for me. Some of them don’t even wait to die, they commit suicide.
—Jerry Seinfeld
Gardening is cheaper than therapy. Until your spouse adds up the receipts.
—Unknown
The best way to garden is to put on a wide-brimmed straw hat and some old clothes. And with a hoe in one hand and a cold drink in the other, tell somebody else where to dig.
—Texas Bix Bender
I feel like I should clean the house so I’m going to my garden until the feeling passes.
—Unknown
Funny Gardening Memes
Let’s continue the laughs with funny gardening memes.
And for more garden fun, you may also enjoy this free printable summer garden bingo sheet I made.
- Is this a plant or a weed? Guess I’ll find out in a few weeks.
2. Gardeners are a plant’s best friend and worst enemy.
3. At least I got free shipping!
4. “Plant filler flowers,” they said. So I did.
5. I don’t have a problem. YOU have a problem!
Sometimes we gardeners need to stop taking gardening so seriously and just have a good laugh at ourselves and our obsession with this hobby. I hope this post made you smile and laugh a bit today. Feel free to share this post with a friend who could use a bit of lightheartedness, too.
And head over to my post on the weird and wonderful world of growing vegetables if you’re looking for more!