The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve.

There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations.

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites.

Wildflowers are the stuff of my heart!

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life.