Table of Contents
Introduction xv
1 The Joy of Gardening
Love and Daffodils Forever Nicolle Woodward 2
The Garden Guard Tom R. Kovach 6
To Own Something Beautiful Jonita Mullins 9
The Wedding Gift Carol Sturgulewski 12
Blossie Dan Barker 14
Planting Day Beth Pollack 19
Street Smarts Lucy B. Richardson 23
A Veteran's Garden James P. Glaser 25
Gardening in Our Blood Jean Little 28
Butter Beans and Bulldogs Marion Bond West 30
Ladies of the Garden Club Stephanie Welcher Buckley 35
I'll Plant Anything Valerie Wilcox 39
The Rose Babies Georgia A. Hubley 42
Of Moose and Men Peter Guttmacher 45
A Garden Is to Grow Erica Sanders 49
The $100,000 Stray Cat ViAnn Meyer 54
2 Blossoming Friendships
Ruby's Roses Donna Gundle-Krieg 59
Garden Meditations Reverend Max Coots 63
An American Beauty Arlene West House 65
The World's Largest Rose Tree Cindy Buck 69
The Man Who Lived in a Box March E. Brown 72
The Tulip Tradition Doris Meyer 76
The Golden Girls Linda O'Connell 79
Madeleine's Wheelbarrow Jenny Gore Dwyer 83
3 Love in Bloom
Twins Entwined Diane C. Daniels 88
Accidental Blessings Joanne Bryan 93
First Penny Bernice Bywater 96
Keeping the Harvest Carol McAdoo Rehme 99
Say It with … a Rhododendron Martine Caselli 102
Girls Like Roses Janice Hasselius 105
Romeo Sets the Stage Jill LaBoy 109
Unspoken Love Emily King 111
Tall Corn Gary Carter 113
The Best of Wives George M. Flynn 116
4 Making a Difference
Pop's Farm Meredith Hodges 120
Just Keep Planting Adam Khan 123
Food from the 'Hood Jaynell Grayson 128
Angel of Mercy Erica Sanders 132
Calcutta Neighbors Anirban Gupta 135
To Diana with Love, from Canada Susan Antler 140
The Loveliest of Gifts Pamela Waterman 145
The Kids on the Point Sheila Stroup 149
A Healing Place Laura Esserman, M.D. 153
A Room Full of Roses Carol Sturgulewski 156
A Row for the Hungry Jeff Lowenfels 160
The Timely Letter Lon J. Rombough 163
A Million Trees Skye Trimble 166
An Angel in Shirtsleeves Carol Sturgulewski 171
5 Little Sprouts
Iva Mae's Birthday Nita Waxelman 177
The Plum Pretty Sister Cynthia Brian 181
Luther Burbank and the Disappearing Raspberries Stuart C. Vincent 185
Brian Jay O'Callahan 188
Gone Fishin' David Clinton Matz 189
A Garden So Rich Christie Craig 191
My Mother's Cure Jean Jeffrey Gietzen 195
6 The Seasons of Life
Mike and the Grass Erma Bombeck 200
God's Mountain Garden Bertha M. Sutliff 202
Flowers for a Newborn Child Claire Beynon 207
The Day the Lilies Bloomed Jane Eppinga 210
The Bubbup Bush Paula L. Silici 213
Robbie's Mission George M. Flynn 218
A Garden for Four Rayne Wolfe 221
Roses for Rose James A Kisner 224
Buddies Maggie Stuckey 228
A Lesson in Love ahansen 230
Garden Crime Ursel Rabeneck 233
Yellow Irises Marion Owen 235
7 Overcoming Obstacles
Black Tulips Carin Klabbers-Ouwens Philip Klabbers 240
Downwind from Flowers Lee Paton 245
Of War and Roses Carol McAdoo Rehme 249
The Next Best Thing Ann Pehl Thomson 251
Tough Love Mary Harrison Hart 252
A Tree House for Everyone Maureen Heffernan 257
You Forgot Something Bernie Siegel, M.D. 260
Lean Times Dyann Andersen 264
Hummingbirds in Hell's Kitchen Hillary Nelson 267
Sunflowers in Beijing Linda Jin Zou 270
8 The Family Tree
The Burning of the Leaves Edie Cuttler 276
The Perfect Garden Molly Bruce Jacobs 280
A Bedside Story Pat Stone 284
Lilacs for Mother's Day Ken Weber 287
Nona's Garden Paula L. Silici 290
My Money Tree Ruth Szukalowski 294
A Son's Harvest Lee May 296
Honest Mike Marilyn Diephuis Sweeney 299
A Couple of Cacti Kelly E. Reno 302
Prayer of a Gardening Mother Debbie Farmer 306
Let's Go Thump a Melon Jeanne Hill 308
9 Potpourri
Buried Treasure Margarita Engle 314
The Farmer and the Preacher Earl Nightingale 317
A Hard Act to Follow Susan Gilman King 319
The Wreath Sherri Andervich 322
A Few Strings Attached Marcia E. Brown 325
A Gift of Grace Amanda Dodson 327
One at a Time Jaroldeen Edwards 331
Who Is Jack Canfield? 335
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 336
Who Is Cynthia Brian? 337
Who Is Cindy Buck? 338
Who Is Marion Owen? 339
Who Is Pat Stone? 340
Who Is Carol Sturgulewski? 341
Contributors 342
Permissions 353
