In this episode of A Franciscan Heart in the World, Brother Mike reflects on a spring morning at a local garden center — and the quiet, surprising kindness of fellow gardeners. What is it about planting and tending that makes us more polite, more gentle, more human? Drawing on the wisdom of St. Francis and Wendell Berry, this reflection explores how gardening can be more than a hobby — it can be a sacred practice that calls us to slow down, pay attention, and become the best version of ourselves.