Seedfolks (1997) is a children's novella written by Paul Fleischman, with illustrations by Judy Pedersen.

[1] The story is told by a diverse cast of characters living on (or near) Gibb Street in Cleveland, Ohio, each from a different ethnic group.

Nine year old Kim plants lima beans in a vacant lot to honor her late father.

An elderly woman Ana spots Kim digging and assumes she is burying drugs or a gun, but is surprised to see it is beans.

Leona successfully petitions the city government to clear out the trash from the vacant lot and declare it a community garden.