As the wind passes through the needles of pine trees, it creates a quiet song of summer, lulling us to peaceful thoughts. It makes us pause and look at clouds, stuffed like pillows, floating gently across the sky. Among the pinewoods of Monroe, Georgia, lies the garden of Dexter and Kelley Adams. It is a garden of simple uses and colorful flowers. It is also a refuge where their sons, Sam and Tyler, can hide and play among the tomatoes, blueberries, and sunflowers of summer. It is a place for imaginations to grow and run wild.

Paths run from the garden, through the pinewoods, to places for exploration and play. They meander through a meadow of black-eyed Susans and lead to a tree house with burlap windows. They then continue through the woods and around a creekbed that a beaver has dammed to make its own pond. They lead to the homes, gardens, and fields of relatives: Grandma Evelyn, Uncle Tony, and cousins beyond. The Adamses' garden remembers family and their ties to this land.