This is an insightful and deeply spiritual story about the beauties and bounties of the natural world. The author's Hungarian uncle arrived in America with an abiding belief in the land as a living being. After a large portion of woodlands is destroyed to make way for a highway, this uncle burns the land near the road and then leaves the ground fallow but unseeded. He tells Clarissa the story of a little fir tree and its journey through Christmas.
The Faithful Gardener is a grace-infused parable about God's garden and the joys of loving seeds, trees, and the good earth.This is an insightful and deeply spiritual story about the beauties and bounties of the natural world. The author's Hungarian uncle arrived in America with an abiding belief in the land as a living being. After a large portion of woodlands is destroyed to make way for a highway, this uncle burns the land near the road and then leaves the ground fallow but unseeded. He tells Clarissa the story of a little fir tree and its journey through Christmas. The Faithful Gardener is a grace-infused parable about God's garden and the joys of loving seeds, trees, and the good earth.
