How does gardening relate to career development?
Trish: When designing a garden, just like planning a career, you need to think about your strengths, what you really want, how much time you are willing to spend, and what resources are available. From the garden you can also learn that even with the best planning, things may not always work out as expected. In gardening as in career planning, serendipitous events can not only create challenges, but they may also help to resolve them. At a Sacramento elementary school the students prepared seedlings to plant. Due to a communication glitch, the teachers had the kids plant the seeds before they had a water source. Despite the best-laid plans the plants lacked the necessary water. That week it rained unexpectedly which saved most of the plants. Even when one resource fails to materialize, there may be an unexpected avenue for success if the job seeker is open to possibilities. Gardening can help people feel like they can take action, accomplish something, and see a positive result. At the
