Green Beginnings in ‘The Overstory’

Part two: Growth — Planting with care, nurturing with love

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It is Ray and Dorothy’s first anniversary, and he is determined to find a way to express his gratitude for her love and for the life they have created together. He concludes that there is only one gift that can begin to convey how he feels. It can only be said with “a thing that grows.”

His proposal:

“Every year, as close to this day as we can, let’s… find something for the yard. I don’t know anything about plants… But I can learn, as I’ve had to re-learn everything — myself, my likes and dislikes, the width and height and depth of where I live — again, alongside you.

Not everything we plant will take. Not every plant will thrive. But together we can watch the ones that do fill up our garden.”