Returning Army veterans Max Green and Melvin Watt, burdened with serious personal issues, turn to horticulture to rebuild their lives. They launch Maximum Green Design Co. with no cash and no prospective clients, but on cheap rental land on a rundown farm once owned by Lord Baltimore. Will they ever get to create outstanding gardens for the rich and pretentious in Annapolis? Despite serious injuries to their crew, crooked developers, property damage, lawsuits and murder threats, Max can foresee prestigious projects within reach from a disgraced literary professor masquerading as a landscape architect. Still their most unlikely client, the beautiful French-American fashion heiress Louisa Fontaine could be the one client to determine the fate of their rag tag venture at her Chesapeake Bay waterfront estate, or they will all die trying.

Max applies his master's degree to the landscape designs. The story features color prints, hundreds of gardening tips, humor, team-building business methods. LGBTQ features, Maryland history, authentic venues and environmental protection measures.