The Garden Plot

Detective brothers Frank and Joe weed out a vandal in the fifteenth book in the interactive Hardy Boys Clue Book series.

The Garden Plot follows Frank and Joe Hardy as they transform their front yard into an eco-friendly edible landscape garden, thanks to a contest sponsored by the Bayport Science Center. Frank enjoys learning how to make the garden thrive, while Joe loves all of the cool critters and, of course, getting to munch on all of the delicious food.

Problems arise when the prize vegetables in some of the top competitors’ gardens are attacked. Initially, it seems like hungry pests are responsible for the feast. However, as Frank and Joe gather more evidence, it becomes clear that the cucumbers and other vegetables are not being crunched by creatures, but are the target of a clever saboteur. The Hardy brothers must quickly discover who is destroying the gardens before their friends’ chances of winning the contest are shredded like lettuce.