This first entry into the "Voices From The Valley" section of the web site is from the "Garden Beautiful" category.  It is a beautiful homage to one of the volunteers of the garden who has now passed and was written by Ms. Gertrude Rainey, the tireless leader of the Garden Beautiful.

             I remember one event which was truly bizarre; yet, it comes to mind each time I enter the garden.  Perhaps, this was Calvin's way of being remembered by his fellow gardeners.

             To begin with, Calvin was the neighborhood mechanic, a small man in stature, with a heart as big as all outdoors. He joined me in the garden, and worked diligently, always planting, weeding, and choosing his small talk with wisdom, just to make me laugh.