Alyssa+Marquez-4

 The Start of the Garden Kim is the most important character in the book because she starts the garden by planting the lima bean seeds on Gibb Street in a vacant lot. The garden was started because everyone kept watching her to see what she was doing. The main reason she planted the lima beans was for her dad who died before she was born. On his death anniversary, because she feels sad that she never knew him. She also brings people in the neighborhood together. She also feels that her father is watching over her and her family. Then Kim made an important decision, she was going to plant the lima beans. To show that she is really his daughter, also she would show that she is a hard worker just like her father. Back in Vietnam, her father worked on a farm planting his own vegetables. So she decided to plant her own vegetables and make her own garden. She decided to plant her lima beans in a trash-filled vacant lot, where she tends and cares for her lima beans every day. That’s how Kim starts the garden without realizing it. When everyone found out about the garden, the lot was filled with many plants. This garden brings people in the neighborhood with different races and ages together. This made the garden on Gibb Street, a safe and better place.