Sonja Lange Wendt

I'm Not a Weed! Sonja Lange Wendt

This is a story about a sunflower that blows into a perennial garden. This sunflower is considered a weed by Mr. Gardener since he did not plan or plant it. But Mrs. Gardener fell in love with this sunflower. Mr. Gardener not knowing how loved the sunflower is and considering it a weed, pulls it out. He sees how upset Mrs. Gardener is so takes the seeds from the sunflower and plants them in his perennial garden and also adds a water drip line for it. He fertilizes and cares for it. The sunflower grows back the next summer and is welcomed. The story says that welcoming not planned into the garden expands the amount of love and doesn't reduce the love of those already there.