Make Your Selection: The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman

Single mother Lilian Girvan is starting to get the hang of being a widow when her boss signs her up for a gardening class to prepare her for her next illustrating assignment. Lilian shows up at the Los Angeles Botanical Garden feeling out of her element. But what she'll soon discover -- with the help of a patient instructor and a quirky group of gardeners -- is that into every life a little sun must shine, whether you want it to or not.