When Mrs. Rose grows a prize crop of vegetables guaranteed to win all the blue ribbons at the County Fair, she is inspired to a generous act involving the gardens of her friends.
Interconnecting stories featuring ten-year-old Lanie Holland, who discovers the wonders of nature in her own backyard when she helps her aunt plant a garden of wildflowers to attract birds and Monarch butterflies, but runs into trouble with the neighbor next door.
His plot in a community garden brings 10-year-old Jackson Jones more zucchini than he cares to see and the unwanted attention of a bully, but when a company plans to destroy the garden, Jackson turns his attention to trying to save it.
Jackson and his friend Reuben take a rose cutting from a bush growing at the grave of Rose Cassoway, planning to transplant it in the community garden near their home, but a series of strange incidents convince them that the twig is cursed and must be returned.
Introduces children to organic gardening, explaining its benefits and offering advice on choosing the right types of plants, enriching soil with natural products, preventing pests, building a worm composter, and more.
