Who Makes a Garden?
(Douglas Malloch: 1877-1938) 

Whoever makes a garden 
Has never worked alone; 
the rain has always found it, 
The sun has always known! 
The wind has blown across it 
And helped to scatter seeds; 
Whoever makes a garden 
Has all the help he needs. 
Whoever makes a garden 
Should surely not complain, 
With someone like the sunshine 
And someone like the rain; 
And someone like the breezes 
To aid him in his toil 
And someone like the Father 
Who gave the garden soil. 
Whoever makes a garden 
Has, oh, so many friends; 
The glory of the morning 
The dew when daylight ends! 
For rain and wind and sunshine 
And dew and fertile sod; 
And he who makes a garden 
Works hand and hand with God!