50 Best Country Songs About Gardens
Country Music for Garden Moments
There’s a certain headspace that comes from being in a garden. It’s not full-on peace, not pure distraction, but something hazy in the middle. You’ve got dirt on your hands, sun pressing down in patches, and a mix of chores and daydreams crowding your head. Then a song comes on that feels like it belongs there. The one that makes a breeze feel like a signal and turns watering tomatoes into a slow dance. It’s not an escape from life. It’s life standing still for a few minutes while the music hangs in the air.
No one’s walking into a garden like a glossy magazine spread. It’s messy soil under nails, stubborn weeds in the corners, and a pair of gloves you keep forgetting to wear. Somewhere in that rhythm, a melody winds its way between the rows. It might be a country ballad with that warm steel guitar curl, or something borrowed from old pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that somehow fit the mood. The good ones don’t try to make the space feel prettier than it is. They settle into the hum of bees and the creak of a wooden fence.
Starts in gardens can feel chaotic, lazy, or strangely charged, depending on the day. You might hum along without thinking, or stop halfway through pruning to catch a lyric. These songs match that unpredictable pulse and spill over the edges a little, the way vines push past the trellis. Here are the best country songs for garden moments.
Top 10 Garden Country Songs
1. 'Homegrown Tomatoes'—Guy Clark
2. 'Rose Garden'—Lynn Anderson
3. 'Where the Green Grass Grows'—Tim McGraw
4. 'In the Garden'—Johnny Cash
5. 'John Deere Green'—Joe Diffie
6. 'The Harvest'—Tyler Childers
7. 'Scarecrow in the Garden'—Chris Stapleton
8. 'I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time'—The Andrews Sisters
9. 'Wildflowers'—Tom Petty
10. 'The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn'—Alison Krauss & Union Station
Country Garden Themes #11—20
11. 'Country Gardens'—Percy Grainger
12. 'Garden Song'—John Denver
13. 'A Rose'—Reba McEntire
14. 'He'll Have to Go'—Jim Reeves
15. 'Mockin' Bird Hill'—Patti Page
16. 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'—Bobby Horton
17. 'When You Wore a Tulip'—Judy Garland & Gene Kelly
18. 'Farmer's Almanac'—Johnny Cash
19. 'Sweet Summer Lovin''—Dolly Parton
20. 'The Lemon Tree'—Peter, Paul and Mary
Country Songs About Nature #21—30
21. 'Here's to the Farmer'—Luke Bryan
22. 'High Cotton'—Alabama
23. 'God's Country'—Blake Shelton
24. 'Down On The Farm'—Tim McGraw
25. 'Farmer's Daughter'—Rodney Atkins
26. 'Corn'—Blake Shelton
27. 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy'—John Denver
28. 'International Harvester'—Craig Morgan
29. 'Rain Is a Good Thing'—Luke Bryan
30. 'The Dirt Road'—Sawyer Brown
Country Songs About Life on the Farm #31—40
31. 'The Tractor'—Mel McDaniel
32. 'American Farmer'—The Charlie Daniels Band
33. 'Daddy Won't Sell the Farm'—Montgomery Gentry
34. 'The Last Of A Dying Breed'—Neal McCoy
35. 'She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy'—Kenny Chesney
36. 'John Deere Tractor'—The Judds
37. 'Friends With Tractors'—Rodney Atkins
38. 'Where Corn Don't Grow'—Waylon Jennings
39. 'Heartland'—George Strait
40. 'Amarillo Sky'—Jason Aldean
Country Songs About Growth and Natural Beauty #41—50
41. 'Don't Go Near the Water'—Johnny Cash
42. 'Mother Earth (Provides for Me)'—Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
43. 'In a Field Somewhere'—Hailey Whitters
44. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'—John Denver
45. 'Sowing The Seeds of Love'—Tears For Fears
46. 'I Feel The Earth Move'—Carole King
47. 'The Rose'—Bette Midler
48. 'Let It Grow'—Eric Clapton
49. 'Flowers'—Charly Reynolds
50. 'Garden'—Carrie Underwood
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