In 1911 in the Scottish Border village of Sprouston the young parish minister wrote to the Daily Mail for entry forms for its sweet pea competitionThe top prize was a staggering 1000 and organisers predicted that as many as 15000 would enter He could not foretell that the papers estimate of the number of competitors would be more than doubled or that a fortnight before the deadline a nationwide drought would threaten the very existence of the sweet peas he was so painstakingly cultivating This touching and beautifully illustrated tale is based on a true story