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.

When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can talk to animals. Then one day, Mary discovers the most mysterious wonder of all -- a secret garden, walled and locked, which has been forgotten for years and years. With the help of two unexpected companions,...

Joe and Gram grow a garden, with the help of the good brown earth.

Hoping to contribute to the war effort during World War II, eleven-year-old Teresa organizes her friends to care for an ill neighbor's victory garden.

When Rex plants a dinosaur garden to attract dinosaurs, an unexpected thing happens.

After their mother's death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great aunt, where they slowly bring her overgrown and weedy old garden back to life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well.

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

Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.

A rabbit wanders through the various flowers and colors of a cottage garden.