Characters
This 9-year-old girl plants lima beans in a vacant lot to honor her father.
Kim
Cleveland, Ohio
What does Curtis plant?
Tomatoes
Gonzalo
This woman plants goldenrod and marigolds to remember her grandmother and life in Atlanta.
Leona
The community starts building a community garden in this place.
What does Sae Young plant?
Hot Peppers
"Gardening boring? Never! It has suspense, tragedy, startling developments — a soap opera growing out of the ground."
Nora
This British Nurse plants flowers for her elderly patient, Mr. Myles.
Nora
Kim plants her lima beans on which special day?
Her father's death anniversary
What does Virgil plant?
Baby lettuce
"My body was part of nature. I was related to bears, to dinosaurs, to plants, to things that were a million years old. It hit me that this system was much older and stronger than the other."
Maricela
This teenage boy grows tomatoes for the woman he loves.
Curtis
Suspicious and curious
What plant does Amir plant?
Eggplant
"When I heard her words, I realized how useless was all that I'd heard about Poles, how much richness it hid, like the worthless shell around an almond."
Amir
This Guatemalan man grows peppers and helps everyone with their gardening even though he doesn't speak English or Spanish well.
What big change happens in the neighborhood because of the garden?
What does Nora plant?
Hollyhocks, poppies, and snapdragons
Florence