“What is it about your heart that you have not taken care of?”
A novel about everyone's life, as beautiful as a flower that blooms and falls
The moving finale of the marigold that finally bloomed!

★★★ Book of the Year for 2023 and 2024, #1 Korean Novel!
★★★ The Miracle of Korean Novels, Korea's First and Highest-Price Export to Penguin Random House
★★★ Published in 10 countries, including the UK and US, with export contracts underway in 20 countries.
★★★ A series of hot topics at the London, Warsaw, and Frankfurt book fairs

A brilliant ending to Marigold
A seed of hope that will bloom again in the hearts of readers!

If we nurture the unhealed wounds of our hearts by turning them into flowers and trees, can the pain of the past be reborn as green, beautiful memories? The moving finale of "The Marigold Heart Laundry," which surpassed 100 printings in just one year and seven months, and its sequel, "The Marigold Heart Photo Studio," finally responds to readers' fervent support with a new book, "The Marigold Heart Botanical Garden."
Selected as the 'Book of the Year' in 2023 and 2024, and translated into 17 languages ​​in over 20 countries, the 'Marigold Series' has resonated deeply not only in Asia but also in Europe, North America, South America, and other parts of the world.
Now, a beautiful ending that completes the journey has arrived as a precious gift to readers.

The new work, "Marigold Heart Botanical Garden," continues the magical, mystical narrative and warm emotions of the previous works, "Heart Laundry" and "Heart Photo Studio," while also delving deeper into the meaning of healing and growth through the new metaphor of "plants."
If 'Mind Laundry' cleans away the stains of wounds, and 'Mind Photo Studio' captures the happiness that has been missing in photos, 'Mind Botanical Garden' depicts the emotion of care, recovery, and growth through the process of turning the deep pain and sadness that cannot be erased into flowers and trees.

The lovely set cover design, created to commemorate the series' conclusion, further enhances its collectible value.
This cover symbolically captures the themes of 『Mind Laundry』, 『Mind Photo Studio』, and 『Mind Botanical Garden』, while organically connecting them to the warm worldview of the Marigold series, which is about ‘mind healing.’
The sensual design encompassing the three volumes will leave a deep impression on readers as a 'book of memories' that they will want to keep for a long time.

Just like the marigold's flower language, which means 'happiness that will surely come,' the warm ending of 'Marigold Heart Botanical Garden' offers deep comfort and emotion to those weary of life, as if they were standing in the middle of a beautiful season.
When the pain and wounds that have been buried in their hearts for a long time bloom into flowers and trees in the 'Heart Botanical Garden' and bear new fruit, readers will experience true healing and growth.

The day he discovered he had magical powers, he was unable to control them, so he made his mom and dad disappear. Then, as if punishing himself, he was reborn a million times over and over again, searching for his parents.
Handing out tea to people and saying, “What’s done is done.
Even though he said, “I live in the present,” he could not shake off his deep sense of guilt.
“It’s not that I want to end my life… I want to end my life filled with regret and sadness and live happily.”
Perhaps the desire to end one's life was not a desperate desire to miss out on life.

--- p.19

“Did I ever have the ability to make flowers bloom? Then why only now…?”
As she looked into the mirror again, memories she had forgotten quickly came flooding back.
The pieces of fragrant memories that I had not been able to recall even after living for eons, and that I had kept hidden deep inside, afraid that if I remembered them, I would want to live, were put together like a puzzle.

“The stories my mother told me when I was little were true.
“The moment you truly love yourself and embrace all the emotions of life, the ability to blossom your heart is perfected…! (…) Just as a seed sprouts and blooms into a flower, and when the flower withers, a fruit grows, and that fruit becomes a seed again and returns to the earth, so too must you have the strength to overcome trials and tribulations and blossom.”
--- p.21

“Sir, a four-leaf clover is a symbol of good luck.
“They’re so hard to find, how come they’re all gathered in one place?”
Ji-eun picks a four-leaf clover and gives it to Yun-ji.
The lucky symbols that Yunji has carefully collected are clustered here.
Am I dreaming?
It's a sweet dream I don't want to wake up from.
“Do you know what the four-leaf clover means?”
“Isn’t it luck or happiness?”
"that's right.
luck.
“Then what is the flower language of the three-leaf clover?”
"well…?"
“That’s happiness.”
--- pp.60-61

“I think making today a good day is similar to choosing what to wear.
I worry about what clothes to wear and what emotions to express.
“It’s up to me to decide whether it’s a pretty day or a gloomy day.”
--- p.128

“Forsythia…? My heart…?”
Petals dance and swirl around the pot of forsythia held in both hands.
Wooyeon, who was captivated by the beauty of the fluttering flower petals, suddenly recalls Ji-eun's words.
If, as Ji-eun said, a difficult heart can become a flower… If I take good care of my heart that has become so dull that I can no longer distinguish where the wounds are… Will I be able to wash away the stains and become happy?

--- p.178

“At the Mind Laundry, they cleansed my weary heart, but at the Mind Botanical Garden, they take care of my weary heart by making it bloom?”
"that's right.
Healing begins the moment you embrace, nurture, and care for your heart, rather than avoiding the pain.
(…) Our hearts are like the weather, sometimes clear and sometimes cloudy, sometimes hot and sometimes cold.
This is used as a nutrient to bring out various emotions.
“I think helping each person cultivate their own garden of the heart is what perfects my magical ability as a gardener.”

--- p.257