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

A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.

Derwood the goat has planted a garden and is prepared to defend it from all nibblers, including Tabitha the bunny, whom Derwood is convinced has designs on his growing vegetables; she teases him as the months go by, but after she helps him with the weeding the two become friends and share the feast.

"To save her father, 12-year-old Henna, a gifted gardener, attends St. Basil's Conservatory, a botanical boarding school rumored to house a legendary, long-extinct plant with miraculous healing powers, and while searching for the seeds, Henna learns to flourish with a little help from her newfound friends"--

A choose-your-own-adventure in which the reader can proceed as a singer with a band, a gardener for the rich and famous, or a friend to a mermaid in a modern version of the classic fairy tale. Includes a history of The Little Mermaid.

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

"When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer"--

"Peppa and George love helping Grandpa Pig in the garden--planting seeds, watering, making a scarecrow to keep the birds away, and picking yummy berries." --Back cover.

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.