This story is about a girl who becomes friends with a woman who tends to her own garden. The girl learns to appreciate gardening, and is saddened when she hears that the lady won't be around much longer (I believe to an illness). The girl carries on the womans' passion of gardening to other children. This story is good at emphasizing the relationships children can have with adults, and how much they're impacted by them. This book would be good as a discussion about who in children's lives inspire them and how they want to continue family/friend traditions as they grow older (they could journal their experiences). ( )