True gardening stories: My most amazing gardening experience 65 Articles

by InspiredWritingResea rch

Our most amazing gardening experience started one sunny afternoon in February a couple of years ago, just as the soil was beginning to warm under our fingers and as the hazel catkins bobbed their yellow tails in late winte...read more

by Molly Carter

Sweat was dripping off my brow as I was racing through the rows of corn that rose high over my head. I felt sneaky as I would stealthily creep by my mom and uncle who were busy picking cucumbers. I loved the garden. I l...read more

by Ethel Smith

My most amazing gardening experience is a bit of a strange one. It may not seem amazing to you but it did to me. When I married in 1972 my husband gave me lovely, plain, gold, band ring. However since then I unfortunately ...read more

by J. Burney Sullivan

Mr. Sneeze came to us one day in spring, when all the neighborhood stray kittens were born. He was a thin tuxedo cat with noticeable white whiskers, bright against his black face. His mother neglected him, and he developed...read more

by Angelica Weathersby

The idea had rattled around in my mind for about 20 years: A dead tree covered with living blossoms. I had figured out the details long before I had the opportunity to try out my scheme. After having moved about the coun...read more

by Joan Schroeder

It was a quaint turn of the century brown shingled three story house, nestled on a quiescent street partly adumbrated by towering elm trees that lined the street on either side, forming a canopy that effectively blocked th...read more

by Rhonda M.

I never considered myself to be a gardener. Honestly I had always had bad luck with anything that demanded attention to live. My green thumb was certainly off cue. Yet I would continue each year to grow a flower or two to...read more

by Jared Garrett

It was a crisp and dewy morning in central Utah. Glancing out the large pane windows that line the walls of my back room, I smiled affectionately at the tender, pale green sprouts of squash and beans poking out from my pre...read more

by Donald Pennington

Sometimes amazing things appear in the most unexpected fashion or paces. Not being the typical gardener, and never being satisfied with the volume harvested of any certain item when I plant a variety, I usually only pl...read more

by Ray Fauteux

I still have no explanation for what happened that year. I planted my garden much like I always did. I even planted the seeds at the time every year. Every mother's day weekend my garden went in. Without fail. As alway...read more

by Zeke Allen

Between the air conditioner and the outside wall of the den was a small space, maybe ten by twelve feet and it was such a pain to get the lawnmower back there, I hated that little space. Wrenching the grip on the 52" walk...read more

by Jeanette Williamson

When I was 13 years of age I started planting my own garden at my house. My garden consisted of tomatoes, green beans, and hot pepper like banana peppers and jalapeno peppers. It wasn't very big but the products of my gard...read more

by Jon Coe

My Grandmother, had an extremely green thumb, as they say. I will always remember helping her to plant the things she loved to grow. She liked her vegetables and they usually comprised of shallots, green beans and beetroot...read more

by Joshua Ketola

Light reflects eagerly through the Ball glass jars in the window. Inside sat a lone piece of potato with long tendrils spiraling into a show if blues and yellows. It was a mesmerizing display. I was 4 years old when my gra...read more

by Silvia Spassova

One Monday morning. Another great morning, i had to go to my job. I'm a gardener and i work for a rich man named Mr. Motershead. I work in his garden. He has a huge garden. I had to be there in 10:00AM exactly. His house i...read more

by Marye Audet

One of the things I had looked forward to in our move to a small bit of acreage was the kitchen garden I hoped to plant. It had been my dream since childhood, and too many Little House books, to live off the land in glori...read more

by Bethany Ruffin

It all began with this small section of half dead bushes and weeds in front of the house. I looked at this patch and thought, a garden with a variety of color and assortment would look wonderful here. Personally, I had no ...read more

by Jaime Porter

As a child I always had a love for gardening. I enjoyed the fact that if you take a tiny seed and put it in the ground, water it and give it a little time something beautiful would start to grow. One beautiful su...read more

by wihoiske

My husband had bought a house with this very large back yard before we got married. He had this one large area they could not get grass or anything to go in, well after we got married we tried putting down top soil and pla...read more

by Jumoke Omojola

How I fell in love with daylilies! I love a continuously, colorful, non-uniform garden with minimal care! Coming from a part...read more