Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.

"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in thedirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves... and down in the dirt"--Publisher.

A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.

Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city.

Lola plants a flower garden with her parents' help, and watches it grow.

Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.

By growing vegetables in containers, even novice gardeners can reap a bounty of organic food in very small spaces. Anyone can harvest tomatoes on a patio, produce a pumpkin in a planter, or grow broccoli on a balcony — it's easy! Ed Smith shows you how to choose the right plants, select containers and tools, care for plants throughout the growing season, control pests without chemicals, and much more. He even includes plans for small-space

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The biggest mistake gardeners make each season is starting out too big and then quickly realizing their large plot requires too much weeding, watering, and backbreaking labor. Vertical gardening guarantees a better outcome from the day the trowel hits the soil—by shrinking the amount of "floor" space needed and focusing on climbing plants that are less prone to insects, diseases, and animal pests.

Notable author and gardener Derek Fell...