Bloom Magazine UK

the garden in fiction

t’s 1959 and an American Baptist missionary family arrives on dusty red African soil. As well as the word of God they bring a cache of seeds in their pockets: ‘Kentucky Wonder’ beans, crookneck and patty-pan squash, ‘Big Boy’ tomatoes. They intend to deliver their.

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