Joanna and Josh have a happy marriage and a thriving garden nursery business, specialising in orchids. Their chief rival is the Rossi family and Peter Rossi tries to ruin them by various acts of sabotage and getting information by seducing Christina, Joanna's jealous sister. Then Joanna learns she has an inoperable brain tumour. She's determined to leave this world with dignity, leave Josh with a caring woman (engineers new friend and artist April to fall in love with Josh and vice versa), and for the nursery to continue being successful...