Learn vital processes and procedures about gardening through different types of poetry. There's a lot more to gardens than meets the eye! In this collection of buoyant poems filled with fun facts, young nature enthusiasts and budding gardeners are called on to help solve a mystery by the compost bin, join a Wild West-style standoff between some good bugs and a few bad ones, interview the sun to find out what happens when it drinks a glass of water, and learn the fancy names of plants to spice up dinner conversation.

Behold our magical garden --We grow it for ourselves -- Making observations -- Garden wonderers -- The secret seeds -- Germination celebration -- Greenhouse guesses -- March of the garden volunteers -- The secret ingredient -- Latin nomenclature -- Diary of a carrot -- The three sisters -- The green bean bower -- Potato excavation site -- A garden riddle for all seasons -- Poetree -- Bugs on strike -- Good bug, bad bug -- We treat your food like it's our own -- Song of the songbirds -- Song of the friendly flowers -- Attila the Hen and the mystical egg plant -- An interview with the sun -- The bad breeze -- The secret of the clouds -- Water lines -- For Big Red -- Mystery by the compost bin -- The FBI of compost -- Popcorn duty -- Someone took the garden tools -- Outside in our winter garden.