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online gardening home of author & gardener Shelley S. Cramm

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

and we grow mustard seeds!

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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featuring Scriptures in a garden setting, plants of the Bible you can grow,
garden prayers and recipes, Biblical plants growing in public gardens,
and “sow” much more!
myrtle gelato with myrtle branches

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© Soniabonet | Dreamstime.com Rhamnus lycioides known as hedge of protection in the Bible

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Wheat Bread Wreath

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Garden Calling

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snake plant hints to what Eve should have said

Garden MomentsTag: fig, Garden of Eden, hyssop, snake plant

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National Day of Prayer flag in alyssum garden pot

Garden PrayersTag: cyperus papyrus, papyrus

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Dear Gardeners, we have been summoned in our garden sanctuaries to join the chorus of…

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wheat bread wreath celebrates Jesus is the Seed with pistachio nuts

Garden Recipes, Lenten Look at BreadTag: bread, honey, Lent, milk, milk and honey, pistachio, pistachios, wheat

Wheat Bread Wreath

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Wheat Bread WreathRead More

unleavened bread made with barley flour

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Unleavened Bread

Capture the divine timing of Passover and Christ’s Passion week beginning this weekend with barley,…

Unleavened BreadRead More

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Grace Flavored

Let’s pause and simply bake a loaf to celebrate the grace-flavor that Jesus brings to…

Grace FlavoredRead More

way back biscotti with carob, almond and honey celebrate Jesus is the way

Garden Recipes, Lenten Look at BreadTag: Almond, carob, carob pods, carob tree

The Way Back Biscotti

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The Way Back BiscottiRead More

imagine bread from heaven looking like coriander seed

Garden Recipes, Lent Series, Lenten Look at BreadTag: bread lent, coriander, honey, milk and honey, olive oil

Bread From Heaven

A Lenten Look at Bread brings us to one of the most telling moves of…

Bread From HeavenRead More

sliced banana bread for a lesson on Jesus is The Word

Garden Recipes, Lent Series, Lenten Look at BreadTag: bread, communion, fig tree, Lent

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Moving along in A Lenten Look at Bread, let’s slice into one of the most…

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Garden Recipes, Lent Series, Lenten Look at BreadTag: bread, Lent, wheat

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celebrate the happy old year with season-ripe dwarf pomegranates

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Happy Old Year 2024

Bringing you best wishes for the year ahead and a sweeping view of all that…

Happy Old Year 2024Read More

decorating with evergreens from a local nursery Christmas trees display

Garden Moments, Isaiah's EvergreensTag: Boxwood, cedar, cedar of Lebanon, cypress, Greek juniper, Isaiah's Evergreens, Italian stone pine, juniper, Laurustinus, pine

Decorating with Evergreens

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Book Excerpts, ThanksgivingTag: alliums, bees, flowers, poppies

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Grace and peace to you, my dear gardeners, on this wonderful day of Thanksgiving. These…

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garden calling with flowers and vegetables in a Minnesota backyard

Garden Moments

Garden Calling

Have you heard God calling to you in the garden? In the Garden of Eden,…

Garden CallingRead More

palm tree soars overhead with palm branches against the sky

Biblical Feasts, Gardens to VisitTag: date honey, date palm, palm branches, palm trees, seven species

Palm Branches Praise

Have you ever wondered about the palm branches repeatedly mentioned in God’s Word? Palm branches…

Palm Branches PraiseRead More

poplar tees or possibly cottonwoods near Grand Rapids, MI

Biblical Feasts, Garden DesignTag: mulberry, mulberry tree, poplar trees, poplars, willow, willows

Sounding in the Poplar Trees

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Sounding in the Poplar TreesRead More

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The Bride’s Garden EpilogueRead More

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myrtle gelato with myrtle branches

Biblical Feasts, Garden RecipesTag: Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, myrtle, myrtus communis, olive, Olive tree, palm, palm branches, Sukkot

Savor Summer with Myrtle Gelato

If you are ga-ga for the herbal aromas overflowing from your summer garden, then myrtle…

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© Soniabonet | Dreamstime.com Rhamnus lycioides known as hedge of protection in the Bible

Garden Design, Garden PrayersTag: Boxwood, buckthorn, Christ thorn, myrtle, Rhamnaceae, Rhamnus lycioides, Rhamnus palaestina, thorns, Ziziphus spina-christi

Hedge of Protection

Have you ever prayed for a “hedge of protection” around someone you love, someone you…

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poppy seeds to sow seeds in the Bible

Garden MomentsTag: barley, Mustard, wheat

Seed Story Catalog

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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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Wednesday

Book Signing at The Herb Society of America Educational Conference 2026

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Wednesday

Book Signing at The Herb Society of America Educational Conference 2026

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explore the plants of the Bible and see what might grow in your garden and flourish your faith from garden to table

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Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed in the one who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8 NIV

Potting Bench

After over 10 years of seeking out plants of the Bible,
their garden Scriptures, and layers of poetic meaning in God’s Word,
I’ve accumulated quite a collection of resources at Garden in Delight.
Dig deeper to discover more faith-growing treasures in our webpages,
like the patina of old clay pots stacked up on a potting bench.

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