Bible Plants to Grace Your Garden

Every gardener knows about the spiritual side of gardening—the deep sense of communion it provides not only with beautiful living things, but beautiful living things that depend on you in order to flourish. Gardeners deeply absorbed in their work know a sense of peace that others find only in prayer or meditation. At its best, gardening is one more way in which we expand our capacity to love. No surprise, then, that seed companies report many customers express an interest in plants mentioned in the Bible. One company, seedman.com, offers over 2,000 varieties of seeds, and reports Bible seeds “go in and out of stock quickly.” Here’s a list of “Bible plants,” in case you’d like to have them grace your own garden. Unless otherwise noted, you can order the seeds by visiting www.seedman.com/bibleseeds.htm