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Ashlee Arteaga squats down near the pale pink blooms. I’m cutting all the roses that are already dead,” she says. The 11-year-old naviages her clippers swiftly along the thorny stems. “I’ve done this a lot of times,” she adds with a bit of authority in her voice. There are 4000 rose bushes, and 250 varieties, to care for here at the Bravo Lake Botanical Garden. That’s not to mention zinnias, wisteria, hibiscus, sunflowers, lavender and ornamental peppers: one called Medusa starts out yellow, then turns orange, then red. “I think it’s really beautiful here,” she says. “I think this is the best garden I’ve ever seen.” Hundreds, likely thousands of kids have volunteered here in the summer and on weekends. High school students earn community service hours for their work but often that’s just the catalyst for more involvement. Plenty of adults chip in too. And then there’s Ashlee. She’s been working in the dirt since first grade. Without the garden, she says, her life would be boring. “And
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