The Pothole Garden

A delightful book to encourage young gardeners to plant, compost, and garden

Helena, a young girl who lives in a city, wants a garden. She visits her aunt in the country, where she learns about flowers. Her grandmother teaches her about native wildflowers and plants and her teacher introduces her to the insect life in dirt. With the help of her elderly gardening neighbor, the innovative Helena turns a pothole on her street into a vegetable garden. Soon the neighborhood catches on to the idea...