The Idea of a Garden

Pollan writes, "This was part of the same storm that ripped open the bark of my ash tree," (596, The Idea of a Garden). Sharon White says, "My first garden was tropical. I planted it in my great aunt's backyard in Florida with dust and rocks and dry thick leaves as big as my hand," (3, Vanished Gardens). Both of these quotes talk about some event that reminds the writer of something meaningful to them. Pollan remembers his ash tree when he thinks of the tornado that hit his town, and White thinks her first garden when she thinks of her great aunt.