I think this book is a little bit beyond my pay grade. I kept going through the book wondering when the authors mother is going to start gardening (title of book). The book starts out about being black, segregation, and some politics. This book really didn’t (like our clubs theme reads: “Live a happier life by reading buds books”) Some talk about dandies and growing bachelor button flowers was a teaser. The story even went into a little parenting and raising kids. Talk about the authors schooling and comparison to male/white authors? Brought up wetlands where only 3% of Illlinois land is such. Talk switched to global warming, why there are to many male plants. Is being black a condition in the US. Towards the end of the book she addresses church/state relationships and the pandemic. The book concludes with some discussion topics. This is where I getr the purpose of the title of the book. Gardening is just an analogy of how our relationship with the world works out. Basically this taught me nothing of how to make plants grow, but it’s an interesting perspective how political/social event can be lassoed into the gardening phase. Going to score this book a three (3). I’m really interest on how others in the club thinks? Please teach me (if I’m missing the scope!). It was also pretty cool to read that after a wildfire a team comes in the area an plants wildflowers.
MG Buds book club 