What do you get when you cross a gardener with a wordsmith? A person with a green thumb who can offer some sage advice and knows a good gardening pun! Gardeners are some of the most creative people around, and they often find ways to work puns into their conversations (and sometimes even their names).
Here are some of our favorite gardening puns:
- This is your good seed for the day.
- Do you have Ants in your plants?
- Eat, drink and be rosemary.
- Well, dear, you are all dressed up with nowhere to grow.
- Please, herb your enthusiasm.
- If you could only seed between the lines.
- and my favorite… Don’t moss around. I need some peas and quiet.
Oh, the gardening puns could go on and on, indeed! It’s just one of rose things that make me cackle.
Today’s story, “My Mother’s Favorite Joke,” is all about a fun gardening pun! According to the author, this is “my mother’s favorite joke. Every summer, she would ask me to tell it to one of her visitors.”
Whether they’re discussing their tools or their favorite plants, gardeners are always coming up with clever ways to make us laugh. So the next time you need a good pun, why not ask your green-fingered friend for some help? They’re sure to have some gems in store! Keep reading for the full story, which I’m sure you’ll enjoy. Never a dill moment!
Enjoy More Gardening Humor
This story comes from our archive that spans over 30 years, and includes more than 130 magazine issues of GreenPrints. Pieces like these that turn gardening puns into everyday life lessons always brighten up my day, and I hope this story does for you as well. Enjoy!
My Mother’s Favorite Joke
From Sister Francis Anne Gilchrist, C.S.J. of Latham, NY
Here’s my mother’s favorite joke. Every summer she would ask me to tell it to one of her visitors.
A woman who proudly thought she knew everything there was to know about flower gardening nevertheless hired a man from the local garden store to come for a consultation. As they walked around the back of the house, she told him what she wanted here and what she wanted there.
When they came around to the front of the house with its lovely, large porch, she declared, “Now I want some red saliva plants in front of the porch, lots of red saliva.”
He pondered a moment, then replied, “Well, if you want lots of red salivas, you might enjoy, in front of them, some white spitunias.” ❖
From Sister Francis Anne Gilchrist, C.S.J. of Latham, NY, published originally in 2019-20, in GreenPrints Issue #120. Illustrated by Marilynne Roach.
Do you have any favorite gardening puns? Leave a comment and share them with us!
