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books & blog to grow faith in your garden

at garden in Delight, we grow faith like a mustard seed

at garden in Delight, we grow faith like a mustard seed

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And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden
genesis 2:8 RSV

Shelley’s Newest Book

My Father is the Gardener features devotional essays on gardening themes and plants of the Bible, beautifully crafted with original artwork, mesmerizing macrophotography, and classic botanical illustrations to bring you pleasing-to-the-eye pages that are sure to delight! Enjoy digging into the world’s oldest gardening book from a plant-lover’s point of view.

Tag along with the Lord in His gardening work—preparing the soil, planting, watering, cultivating, composting—and discover that gardening provides a logic and poetry essential to growing a deeper communion with God and His Word. Perfect gift for a gardener!

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In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.
James 1:21 The Message

About the Author

Shelley S. Cramm loves to see the ancient words of Scripture come alive in today’s gardens. She has published My Father is the Gardener, Devotions in Botany and Gardening of the Bible and God’s Word for Gardeners Bible, writes the Devotions Blog at www.gardenindelight.com, and speaks enthusiastically to garden clubs and faith groups about the connection of garden to table to Scripture to life.

Wife and mother of five, Shelley’s inspiration to write a gardener’s Bible grew out of a routine of morning journaling and an enduring hope to finish up the laundry and go outside and play! Transplanted Californians, Shelley and her husband Topher live and garden happily in Irving, Texas.

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Artemisia 'Powis Castle' a perennial plant similar to wormwood of the Bible

Weeding & Wormwood

My Father is the Gardener explores weeding alongside ground covered by wormwood, a plant with…

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A Gardener's PromiseTag: artemisia, Lent, wormwood

cucmber vines on a trellis surrounded by leeks onions and garlic

Cultivating & Cucumbers, Leeks, Onions, and Garlic

Does the arrival of spring stir your heart for summer vegetables? The garden, perhaps more…

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A Gardener's PromiseTag: cucumber, cucumbers, garlic, Lent, Lent 2023, Numbers 11:5, onion, onions

papyrus well-watered by raindrops at San Antonio Botanical Garden

Watering & Papyrus and Hyssop

Women at the well, parched deserts, well-watered gardens, and many more references to water in…

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A Gardener's PromiseTag: hyssop, papyrus

crown anemones in a Texas garden border with a bee

Planting & Crown Anemones and Crocus

Deciding to plant a garden begins with a rush of decision-making followed by the muscle-moving…

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A Gardener's PromiseTag: autumn crocus, bees, crocus, crown anemone, crown anemones, flowers of the field, milk and honey, pollinators, saffron crocus, winter crocus

thistles and thorns in the Bible connect to the garden work of preparing the soil

Preparing the Soil & Thistles and Thorns

Preparing the soil is where garden dreams meet the ground, for a garden plant’s best…

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A Gardener's PromiseTag: Christ thorn, myrtle, notobasis syriaca, syrian thistle, thistles, Ziziphus spina-christi

olive and oak trees in the Bible teach us about choosing

Choosing & Olive and Oak Trees

The Lenten season began yesterday, February 22nd, and the Garden in Delight Devotions Blog responds…

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A Gardener's PromiseTag: Kermes oak, My Father is the Gardener, oak, oak tree, olive

olive tree lights help celebrate a happy old year

Happy Old Year 2022

Thank you, dear Gardeners, for another great year together! I am so glad we have…

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Year in ReviewTag: olive, olive oil

Christmas goodies fill a holiday plate, cookies from a neighborhood cookie exchange

Christmas Goodies

What is it about celebrating the birth of Jesus that urges us to give cookies,…

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Garden Recipes

Forest of Praise

Greetings from the time of year when the forest comes to us! Most nurseries, the…

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Garden MomentsTag: Christmas, conifer trees, cypress, fir, Isaiah 60:13, Isaiah's Evergreens, pine

rose hips discovered on a Thanksgiving walk at Fort Worth Botanic Garden

A Thanksgiving Walk Through Fort Worth Botanic Garden

What a happy Thanksgiving week at Garden in Delight! In addition to one of the…

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Gardens to VisitTag: apple tree, apricot tree, cinnamon, fig, fig tree, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, fountain, rose, song of songs, thanksgiving

burning bush by Eric Hunt, Flickr photos

Burning Bush

Fall color blazes brilliantly by now for many of you, and no plant dazzles better…

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Garden DesignTag: burning bush

Wanderer come home to a taberanlce feast at the table

“Wanderer, Come Home”

“Wanderer, come home,” are lyrics bellowed by singer David Crowder, in a serenade inviting our…

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Biblical FeastsTag: Biblical feasts, Feast of Tabernacles, myrtle, palm branches, sukkah, willow

grapevines remind of Jesus' proclamation, I am the Vine

I am the True Vine

“I am the true vine” is the 7th in a series of “I AM” revelations…

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Biblical Feasts, Garden MomentsTag: days of awe, grapevine

detail of garlic chives flowers which shine like stars in sunlight

Shine Like Stars

“Shine like stars,” the garlic chives seem to say, waving in the gentle breezes that…

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Garden DesignTag: alliums, garlic, garlic chives, leeks, Numbers 11:5, onions, Philippians 2:14-16, pollinators

Shelley's new book My Father is the Gardener photographed in rose petals

Preview my New Book

Drum roll, please! At long last, I am happy to announce the upcoming arrival of…

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Book ExcerptsTag: BRIT, BRIT Herbarium, BRIT Press, Holy Botany, My Father is the Gardener, new book

Bible plant lists from Leviticus 23:40 surrounded in greenery, pencil and pad ready

8 Great Plant Lists

Making a list of plants for your fall garden? God has made plenty of plant…

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Garden DesignTag: 7 species, acacia, Almond, aloes, balm, barley, calamus, cedar, cinnamon, citron, cumin, cypress, date palm, Deuteronomy 8:8, dill, eaglewood, etrog, Feast of Tabernacles, fig trees, garlic, Genesis 43:11, goodly trees, Isaiah 41:19, Isaiah 55:12, juniper, leeks, Leviticus 23:40, Luke 11:42, Matthew 23:23, melons, myrrh, myrtle, olive trees, onions, pistachio, pomegranates, rue, saffron crocus, seven species, Song of Songs 4:13, wild olive, willow

joy in drought? don't ask these leeks, ask the Lord!

Joy in Drought

Let’s get right to the point—we’re all sweating out here, at least in my southwestern…

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Garden MomentsTag: clay pot, dill, hyssop, leeks

Glimpse the Feast

A chance glance at a different translation of the Parable of the Talents has me…

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Biblical Feasts, Fruit of the Spirit, Garden RecipesTag: apple tree, apples, apricot tree, apricots, Biblical feasts, cinnamon, Feast of Tabernacles, fennel, fruit of the Spirit, Jewish Feasts

Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden book teaches to Be Fruitful

Book Review: Be Fruitful

Bible gardeners, I am so excited to introduce you to a special book published recently,…

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Book Review, Fruit of the SpiritTag: apple, apricot, Be Fruitful, fig, fig trees, fruit, fruit trees, grapevine, olive, olive trees, pomegranate, pomegranate trees, seven species

entwining tendrils of a grapevine

Entwining Hearts

The Passion Translation® of the Bible reveals a dimension to the concept of waiting on…

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Garden MomentsTag: cucumber, grapevine, Isiaha 40:31, morning glory, star jasmine, vines

Red quinoa, red beets and red onions make a tasty celebration of the Red Sea deliverance in Exodus 14

Red Sea Recipe

Pentecost and Feast of Weeks festivities are taking place this weekend, the Christian and Jewish…

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Biblical Feasts, Garden RecipesTag: beets, coriander, Egypt, feast of weeks, garlic, honey, Jewish holidays, olive oil, onion, pentecost, pistachio, Shavuot

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, if their blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom Song of Songs 7:12 NIV

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My Father is the Gardener is the first of a four-book series by author Shelley S. Cramm, collaborating with BRIT Press, the publishing department of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT). Located at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, BRIT is an international scientific research and learning center, conducting scholarly research to discover, understand, and conserve plants and all life.

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Attention, all! See the marvels of God! He plants flowers and trees all over the earth
Psalm 46:8 The Message
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Does spring make you excited for summer vegetables Does spring make you excited for summer vegetables?? Find great Words to inspire cultivating summer veggies in chapters 9&10 in #myfatheristhegardener 🥒🧄🧅👨🏽‍🌾 study guide, journaling questions, and planting tips in the blog today, see www.gardenindelight.com/cultivating-cucumbers-leeks-onions-and-garlic/ or link in bio #summergardening #startnow #vegetablesinthegarden #cucumbers #leeks #onions #garlic #growyourown #sotasty #cultivating #numbers11 #godswordforgardeners #gardenindelight
When I grow up, I want to be a hibiscus 🌷🌺🌷😆#LOL #gardenhumor #spring #tulips #flowerfun
Happy Spring!🌷👏🏼🌷💕🌷Hope you day Happy Spring!🌷👏🏼🌷💕🌷Hope you day is full of hope! and tulips!! and God’s blessings!!! He loves you, you know! Every flower is here to tell it💕🌷💕🌷👏🏼 And if spring makes you want to work in the garden, #myfatheristhegardener is the spring book for you👨🏽‍🌾🌷📗in stock now at @monkeyanddogbooks or order @britpress link in bio #firstdayofspring #springgardening #gardening #flowergirl #tulips #godsfaithfulness #luke12 #matthew6 #godswordforgardeners #gardenindelight
‘LadyJane’ tulips, just the happiest!!🌷💕 ‘LadyJane’ tulips, just the happiest!!🌷💕🌷💕🌷#spring #bulbs #resurrectionlife
Have you made it to chapter 7 of #myfatheristhegar Have you made it to chapter 7 of #myfatheristhegardener yet? You will find water is as central a topic in the Bible as it is to our lives today, a place to park and pond-er, pun intended!💦#papyrus and #hyssop help us understand the deeper layers of meaning in God’s Word and they grow easily in our home gardens🌿🪴👨🏽‍🌾enjoy journal questions and plant info in the blog today, www.gardenindelight.com/watering-papyrus-and-hyssop/ or link in bio #gardening #watergardening #livingwater #john7 #john4 #herbs #desertgardening #youcangrowthis #biblegardens #wellwateredgarden #isaiah58 #godswordforgardeners #gardenindelight #britpress
It’s that time of year when I have to strongly c It’s that time of year when I have to strongly contain the urge to post a picture of every single flower I see!😆🌸😍 They are glorious and everywhere, and hoping you northerners are seeing them, too! 👏🏼🌷👏🏼🌸💕The thing is, how crazy-happy the budding flowers make us, that’s how giddy God is for you💕Jesus adores you, just remember that next time you see a tulip bloom, which should be in about 1 minute🌷🌷🌷🌷😍💕🌷#feelthelove #springiscoming #newseason #flowers #faithfulness #howmuchmore #luke12 #matthew6 #flowersofthefield #widlflowers #godslove #sonflowers #tulips #almondtrees #redbud #flowerconfetti #myfatheristhegardener #gardenindelight
Wildflowers everywhere! I spied Texas’ favorite Wildflowers everywhere! I spied Texas’ favorite bluebonnets yesterday at @brit_press just as I was finishing up this week’s blog on Holy Land favorites, crown anemones! Don’t you love it when things align?!?❤️💙❤️enjoy another week of digging in to my new book, #myfatheristhegardener with journal questions, planting tips, and more #gardenprayer go to www.gardenindelight.com/planting-crown-anemones-and-crocus/ or link in bio 👩🏽‍🌾🌷👏🏼#gardening #planting #luke12 #matthew6 #isaiah35 #flowerjoy #flowergardening #plantingpots #crownanemones #anemonecoronaria #wintercrocus #crocushyemalis #godswordforgardeners #biblegardens #gardenindelight
In the Devotions Blog today, more journal question In the Devotions Blog today, more journal questions for #myfatheristhegardener 📗👨🏽‍🌾on soil prep and all the work we do to rid gardens of “thistles and thorns” (and rid our hearts, too!). There are many references in God’s Word but they all go back to this one, even the crown of thorns ridiculing Christ’s reign: “…you will work hard to eat from [the ground] as long as you live. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat field plants. Genesis 3:17-18 CJB #syrianthistle and #christthorn are two of many you might find in the Bible. #preparingthesoil #soilissoul #gardening #springgardening #breakupyourunplowedground #godswordforgardeners #gardeninDelight Thistle photo credit: © Whiskybottle | Dreamstime.com Photo 70294515, Syrian Thistle – Notobasis syriaca Purple Mediterranean Wild Flower
It has been the greatest joy working with the tale It has been the greatest joy working with the talented group of artisans who came together to create #MyFatheristheGardener 📗!! And even more fun to be together last Friday with Barney Lipscomb, Editor of BRIT Press, Becky Horn, Book Designer, rhorngraphics, Layla Luna, @laylalunastudio and Jessica Lane, Botanist from the Philecology Herbarium at @brit_org. Gabby Harris, BRIT Press Sales keeps us all moving forward! Many thanks to all of you who came out to support and celebrate🌿🎉🌷#booksigning #artandscience #faithandscience #artandfaith #wordandland #gardening #botany #biblegardens #bibleplants #godswordforgardeners #gardenindelight
Coming to our Plant Workshop at @brit_org today?? Coming to our Plant Workshop at @brit_org today?? The daffodils will be greeting you!! ☀️💛🌱📗
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