Concrete Flowers: Before You Blame the Flower, Follow the Roots
By Vernon Snell
Length6h 8m
About this audiobook
CONCRETE FLOWERS
Before You Blame the Flower, Follow the Roots
Concrete Flowers: Before You Blame the Flower, Follow the Roots travels deeper into the Garden to explore what people reach for when life hurts. Through stories of pain, relief, belonging, substances, habits, pressure, choices, healing, and consequences, Vernon and the Curator challenge readers to look beyond labels and investigate what lies beneath them.
Blending storytelling, science, humor, reflection, and Poetic Cinema, the book separates the person from the pattern and the plant from the product. It neither excuses harm nor uses shame to explain it.
For young flowers, old flowers, and every flower still growing, this is an invitation to ask a better question:
Before you blame the flower, have you followed the roots?
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
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GenreBiography and Memoir, Education and Learning
Length6 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 2, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Copyright
2Welcome Back to the Garden
3A Note for Listeners
4Story Twenty-Six: The Flower That Wanted to Forget Everything Part 1
5Story Twenty-Six: The Flower That Wanted to Forget Everything Part 2
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6Story Twenty-Seven: The Flower That Wanted to Sleep Through the Pain Part 1
7Story Twenty-Seven: The Flower That Wanted to Sleep Through the Pain Part 2
8Story Twenty-Eight: The Vine That Made Everybody Laugh Part 1
9Story Twenty-Eight: The Vine That Made Everybody Laugh Part 2
10Story Twenty-Nine: The Flower That Couldn’t Tell Real From Fake Part 1
11Story Twenty-Nine: The Flower That Couldn’t Tell Real From Fake Part 2
12Story Thirty: The Flower That Was Always Full but Never Fed Part 1
13Story Thirty: The Flower That Was Always Full but Never Fed Part 2
14Story Thirty-One: The Leaf That Borrowed Tomorrow’s Breath Part 1
15Story Thirty-One: The Leaf That Borrowed Tomorrow’s Breath Part 2
16Story Thirty-Two: The Leaf That Made the Garden Run Faster Part 1
17Story Thirty-Two: The Leaf That Made the Garden Run Faster Part 2
18Story Thirty-Three: The Flower That Thought Stronger Meant Safer Part 1
19Story Thirty-Three: The Flower That Thought Stronger Meant Safer Part 2
20Story Thirty-Four: The Garden Beyond the Gate Part 1
21Story Thirty-Four: The Garden Beyond the Gate Part 2
22Story Thirty-Five: The Flower That Kept Rehearsing Tomorrow Part 1
23Story Thirty-Five: The Flower That Kept Rehearsing Tomorrow Part 2
24Story Thirty-Six: The Flower That Tried to Heal Too Fast Part 1
25Story Thirty-Six: The Flower That Tried to Heal Too Fast Part 2
26Story Thirty-Seven: The Flower That Was Ashamed to Ask for Help Part 1
27Story Thirty-Seven: The Flower That Was Ashamed to Ask for Help Part 2
28Story Thirty-Eight: The Flower That Apologized for Everything Part 1
29Story Thirty-Eight: The Flower That Apologized for Everything Part 2
30Story Thirty-Nine: The Flower That Needed Everybody to Like Him Part 1
31Story Thirty-Nine: The Flower That Needed Everybody to Like Him Part 2
32Story Forty: The Flower That Was Scared to Change His Mind Part 1
33Story Forty: The Flower That Was Scared to Change His Mind Part 2
34Story Forty-One: The Flower That Thought His Mistake Was His Name Part 1
35Story Forty-One: The Flower That Thought His Mistake Was His Name Part 2
36Story Forty-Two: The Flower That Thought Being Busy Meant Growing Part 1
37Story Forty-Two: The Flower That Thought Being Busy Meant Growing Part 2
38Story Forty-Three: The Flower That Was Afraid to Be Bored Part 1
39Story Forty-Three: The Flower That Was Afraid to Be Bored Part 2
40Story Forty-Four: The Flower That Thought Today Had No Roots Part 1
41Story Forty-Four: The Flower That Thought Today Had No Roots Part 2
42Story Forty-Five: The Flower That Inherited a Story Part 1
43Story Forty-Five: The Flower That Inherited a Story Part 2
44Story Forty-Six: The Flower That Only Looked at the Harvest Part 1
45Story Forty-Six: The Flower That Only Looked at the Harvest Part 2
46Story Forty-Seven: The Flower That Wanted the Shortcut Part 1
47Story Forty-Seven: The Flower That Wanted the Shortcut Part 2
48Story Forty-Eight: The Flower That Mistook Loud for True Part 1
49Story Forty-Eight: The Flower That Mistook Loud for True Part 2
50About the Author
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