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The Garden Nursery
Mature & Silver · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A retired nurse buys a failing plant nursery in Kent and finds its former owner still turning up each morning to water the roses. A gentle, humorous two-part mature romance of seedlings and second springs.
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About this story
“The Garden Nursery” is a Mature & Silver story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 4 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Seedlings. Beryl buys a struggling Kent plant nursery. The former owner, Walter, keeps arriving each dawn to water the roses and pretending he happened to be passing.
- Part 2: Second Spring. In April the nursery blooms, the customers come, and the roses do what roses do. After the last sale, Beryl and Walter sit among the seedlings and plant something else.
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