Secret Gardeners: Growing a Community and Healing the Earth

Maija Hurme (Illustrator), Sofia Karlsson (Translator), and Jen Pulju Porter (Translator)

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When three children stumble into an overgrown city yard, they end up elbows-deep in an urban gardening project that replenishes the earth and unites a community.

With the mentorship of Amy, a neighbor who is well-versed in no-dig gardening, Luna, Bianca, and Billy set to work mixing manure, spreading mulch, and sowing seeds. After a few weeks of hard work, the yard is transformed into a sustainable community garden, and more and more people are showing up to grow herbs, mushrooms, vegetables, and fruit. Just when everyone is beginning to harvest their hard-earned local food, they learn that the property is going to be cleared for a parking lot. Will this be the end of their secret garden? Or can the children rally their community to save the day?

In Secret Gardeners, journalist and beekeeper Lina Laurent collaborates with author and illustrator Maija Hurme to tell a story of community solidarity and ecological stewardship. Woven among the dreamlike illustrations are informative notes about soil life, composting, seed starting, beekeeping, wild pollinators, and more. An exquisite blend of fiction and nonfiction that will equip readers with all the information and inspiration they need to begin their own no-dig garden…and maybe even their own community project.

  • ISBN10 1772782475
  • ISBN13 9781772782479
  • Publish Date 25 July 2024
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Pajama Press
  • Format Hardcover (Reinforced Binding)
  • Pages 56
  • Language English