We’re so excited about our latest project: a collection of true, deeply human stories about the moments and memories that unfold in the outdoor spaces we tend, share, and live alongside. It’s a collaboration with ScottsMiracle-Gro, North America’s leading lawn and garden company, whose core belief is that “good can grow anywhere.” As you’ll learn in our series, that means finding family amid sprawling tulip beds, identity on muddy soccer fields, freedom in backyard Wiffle ball championships, community in coastal suburban carnivals, and hope in gardens smack in the heart of the concrete and chaos of NYC.
This is an ongoing series, so stay tuned for more stories through the summer and check out our first seven below! We hope you love them as much as we do.
Reclaiming a family legacy in a 4×4 Detroit plot, with the help of an old-salt neighbor.
By Amanda Watson
A Wyoming lawn became a ballpark, a gathering place, and the ground where childhood imagination took root.
By Roy A. Barnes
At a world-famous garden in England, an American volunteer discovers what tending land—and being tended by a community—can restore.
By Alison Head
How an insomnia-fueled decision to stop fussing over a forgotten patch of green created a thriving habitat for plants, animals and people.
By Richelle Gregg
On a rain-soaked field, a mother and son learn what it means to grow and persevere—one small step at a time.
By Gabrielle Denman
How a simple ritual shaped who I became.
By Tara B Fraser
On a green, hilly paradise carved from suburban forest, a childhood was molded through imagination, risk, and a dad’s complicated devotion—to his kids, and to his home turf.
By Joseph Eastburn
