Every day, middle school me spent hours practicing tennis alone against a backboard, with only my imagination to keep me company. At the time, all I focused on was perfecting my form, not realizing that I was also inadvertently training something even more important: the ability to daydream.

Last week, the Boston Flower & Garden Show took place to celebrate New England's thriving gardening scene. The five-day event saw the Seaport World Trade Center converted into a greenhouse filled with fragrant flowers and plants.