A little boy teaches his cousin about butterflies. Every year his family builds a garden to attract the beautiful insects. She discovers butterflies' favorite colors, why they like salt and how host plants (like milkweed and dill) help them lay their eggs. She learns about the importance of bees and worms, and how spraying chemicals poisons everything.

A mother lovingly applies henna to her daughter's hands and shares family stories and memories.

A young farmer searches for pumpkins on her farm.

A community comes together to clean up an abandoned lot. They build raised beds, fill them with composted dirt, tuck in some seeds and shower them with water. The new flowers help the once hungry bees return. Then kale, collards, kittley and carrot start to grow. We love the way the city is depicted in this book and it reminds us of fun times in our own community garden. If you haven't volunteered in a garden, try it -- just once - you'll have a blast and the produce tastes amazing! The book ends with the importance of honey bees and how to make your lot bee-friendly.

Parker visits her grandmother (Nana) who has a rose garden. This gives Parker the brilliant idea to start her own. Nana and Mom Mom (Parker's other grandmother) help her prepare the soil and plant tulips. Parker learns about patience during the winter season and how rain helps plants grow.

Friends visit a butterfly garden and discover Painted Ladies. They learn about its life cycle from eggs to caterpillars and how native plants help them survive.

Starts with a girl's reasonably sized birthday list and how to respond when you don't get what you want. She thanks her grandma anyway, names the tree Lola and nurtures it. After some time, her little tree produces lemons which she squeezes into lemon juice, then sells at her lemonade stand, in order to buy whatever she wants.