'A young family relocates from inner-city Sydney to the outskirts of Brisbane, settling in an area of small farms and open spaces. Gavin, who is a lawyer, feels totally out of place in his new home, the wholesale palm and foliage plant nursery (open to the public) that his wife Tess had had her heart set on. Tess on the other hand knows everything there is to know about the natural world of plants; she takes her husband in hand and educates him almost daily on his new duties as a grower. To make ends meet while they establish their business, Gavin takes a part-time job with BWS Lawyers, headed by the bullying Mr Bunbury, where his workmate in the office is the temptingly beautiful Zara, further complicating matters. It's a life divided between legal problems and growing seasons. Little daughter, Missy, grows up in a wonderful child's world of flowers, small animals, birds and her very own strawberry bed.' (Publication summary)
