Lucy and her grandfather are special because only they can see Lob, the magical "green man" who helps in the garden, but then something terrible happens and Lucy fears she will never see Lob again.
Tess has visited her grandmother many times without really noticing her garden, but during this visit, Grandma teaches her how everything in nature can be a garden.
Almond Blossom receives a ransom note announcing that Spring has been stolen and must find out who the culprits are in order for Spring to return to Flower Fairyland.
A little boy in a war-ravaged country is separated by a wire fence from the streams and hills he used to visit with his father, but he finds hope when he begins to nurture a green shoot found growing in the rubble.