The Garden Plot by Franklin W. Dixon, and illustrator, Santy Gutierrez, in Book #15 of the Hardy Boys Clue Book, brothers Frank and Joe have been working hard to turn their front yard into an eco-friendly edible landscape garden as they compete in a contest sponsored by the Bayport Science Center. When their competitors' gardens of prized vegetables are attacked, it is first believed to be a hungry pest issue. But, when Joe and Frank unearth more evidence, they learn that the gardens have been sabotaged, and not the work of crunching creatures. Will the boys be able to figure out who is destroying the gardens before their chance of winning the contest are shredded like lettuce? Paperback, 96 pages.