Author Josephine Saxton takes readers on an intimate journey down her 'rabbit hole' her garden and private Utopia. She tells the story of an intense desire to create a beautiful, living and very personal world where she can get away from the outside world. Along the way, Saxton offers helpful tips on 'how not to begin' a garden. She details the mistakes that beginning gardeners often make, using her own experience as the prime example. Saxton acts as a personal guide through the ordeals she experienced and overcame in the continuous process of maintaining her garden. She expresses the joy of the constant growth and evolution of her garden, and she also discusses her artistic attempts to capture on canvas and paper the changing light color of the garden. Further, Saxton offers advise on becoming a professional gardener, as well as receiving compliments on one's garden. As she takes you on this voyage where she reveals her personal likes and dislikes and taste, she stresses the importance of discovering what You like and want in your garden. Saxton points out the importance of using ones own imagination and finding ones own path to your own 'rabbit hole.'