After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

When Marya's third-grade class participates in taking care of the school's new garden, Marya wants to be the student leader in charge, but every time she tries to prove she has what it takes to be a leader things get messy.

Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.

A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.

A young girl describes what she loves most in her garden during each season.

Biscuit the puppy is eager to see the plants and make friends with the animals in the garden.

"When Vincent is sent to his aunt Mimi's city apartment for the summer, he's surrounded by more concrete than nature. Things are looking gray. But before long, Vincent meets Toma, and the boys bond while throwing some strange dirt balls into an empty lot. All summer long, they toss and launch, throw and catch. Little do they know, though, just as their friendship is growing, something is also blooming in the empty lot ÌÆA celebration of the joy...

In the city an abandoned lot squeezed between two buildings becomes a community garden.

"Learn about all the things in George's garden in this fun story featuring carefully leveled text and colorful illustrations appropriate for emergent readers"-- Provided by publisher.