The story “The secret garden”, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, talks about a young girl Mary Lennox discovering a hidden garden that had been locked up for ten years by his uncle. Mary was sent to live with his uncle after the death of her parents. She was lonely and spoiled. One day Mary found a secret garden, got the key, opened the door, and explored the secret garden. With the help of her new friend Dickon, Mary brings the secret garden back to life. After Mary introduced the secret garden to her cousin Colin, who was sick and energyless. Colin’s illness was cured. Engaging the secret garden helps Mary realize the power of friendship, the healing power of nature, the importance of personal growth. If I have a garden of my own, I would like to make it magical, a place to share with my parents and friends, and a big scientific book for me to learn about nature.
The magic in my dream garden will always be seen everywhere. Open the door, you will see spectacular roses blooming with different vibrant colors in a heart-shaped area. Their sweet fragrance fills the air and invites fairies and butterflies to dance among them. Magically, those rainbow-color roses could talk to you and give you good feelings. Like red, pink, yellow, orange, blue, green, and purple make you feel love, warm, hopeful, secure, calm, courage, and trust, respectively. Sunflowers grow tall and proud around them. Their golden faces smiling at the sun, bringing sunshine to my heart and taking my worries away. The grasses are moving in the air as they are waving their hands saying “hello” to me. In the back corner, there's a small pond with delicate water lilies floating on its surface. The sound of frogs croaking and dragonflies hovering above transports me to a calm and peaceful place. Next to the pond is the giant tall oak tree. But my garden is not just about flowers. There will be a pink talking unicorn with magic waiting for me to ride on her backs to fly around the garden.
My dream garden is a place showing family love, happiness, and friendship. My mom loves to plant vegetables because she wants to save money for the family budget. In my dream garden, my mom and I planted tomato, carrot, cabbage, and yam leaves in a regular-shaped area located in the front part of my dream garden. We talked about girlish stuff while planting and watering the vegetables. My mom hugged me and kissed me like always. My dad and I built a treehouse, located in the back of my dream garden, on a very tall oak tree with a stair to walk up. Maybe the hand-made treehouse is not fancy or beautiful, but my dad and I definitely enjoyed father-daughter time. I invited my best friends to my dream garden. In the spring, we use the blossomed flowers to make a flower crown and imagine we are the queen of flowers. During the summer, we go inside the treehouse to read books or play board games. In the fall we either group the pile of leaves and jump in the pile or play on the swing under the oak tree. During the winter, we make a snowman with branches for arms and a carrot for its nose. We make snowballs to throw at each other. The memory of my parents and my best friend would be reminded whenever I enter my dream garden.
The nature in my dream garden inspires me and provides me the opportunity to learn and explore. The power of nature makes my dream garden alive, vividly, and full of wisdom. In my dream garden, I observed closely how caterpillars transformed to graceful butterflies as much as I could. I monitored the growing process of how a tadpole changed into a frog. Moreover, I have done some scientific experiments in roses to figure out the best spot for putting the rose seeds in order to see them sprout into magnificent roses. Furthermore, it was interesting to explore how a blue jay built his nest with certain kinds of materials. Similarly, from planting the plump red tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, and juicy carrots, I have learned how to take care of the vegetables as well as their life cycles. Instead of getting knowledge about nature from a book, my own dream garden acts like a big science book allowing me to understand the power of nature and how everything works in nature.
My dream garden might look like just a regular garden to some. But to me, it is a place where imagination takes flight and wonders unfold. It is a place where I can be myself with unlimited imagination. More importantly, my dream garden is also a place full of memories with my mom and my dad. It reminds me of the laughter and talking while I am planting vegetables on my own. I will pass on the feeling my mom and I had together to my own kids. Whenever I stay in the treehouse, it would make me feel like my dad is embracing me with his arms and he is never away. Even more, my dream garden is a mysterious scientific environment for me to explore and discover the nature principles and the life cycles of different creatures. Come to join my dream garden!
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