They begin their search for meaning by attempting to climb to the top of a caterpillar pillar only to discover another destiny.

[1] The novel has been translated into Spanish, Dutch, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Kurdish, Thai, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, French, Turkish, and Swahili.

[3] A two-act musical adaptation of Hope for the Flowers was written by Ariel Escasa, a Filipino composer and lyricist.

[4] Xan S. Johnson, PhD, Professor, Department of Theater, University of Utah, produced a musical stage version of Hope for Flowers, choreographed by Darlene Casanova.

[5][6] The Waddling Fools, a musical group based at Rancho Mastatal in Costa Rica, and in Montclair, New Jersey, performed the song "Hope for the Flowers" at Bioneers by the Bay, sponsored by the Marion Institute, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in October 2009, and the song appears on the CD Canta No Llore: The Songs of Mastatal, which benefits the Mastate Charitable Foundation.

At the same conference, author Trina Paulus presented a workshop titled "Hope for the Flowers."

[7][8][9][10] Hope for the Flowers was also a short-lived psychedelic, sunshine-pop band founded by Evan Hurley and Jacob Judd in 2005.

While residing in Oregon, the band picked up many new members (most notably Shawn Kilmer), began experimenting more with electronic music, and changed their name to Imaginary Flowers.