Vignettes of a number of relationships, most of them troubled, are glimpsed through the descriptions of creatures in this bestiary of the imaginary.

When a woman meets a strange seed salesman one day, she endeavors to create a magnificent—and unexpectedly magical—herb garden.

On her missions to Mars, a microbiology botanist attempts to introduce natural life to the planet. However, it is not nature, but love, that begins to take root.

By trampling the grass as he walks the same route over and over to gather clams, an elderly man makes space for a bounty of primroses to flourish, which allows the moths and other pollinators to thrive. When he dies, the roses and moths follow suit.

After her grandmother—her last living relative—dies, a poor young Chinese girl in a small village that treats her cruelly finds hope in a unique flower. Ultimately, her deepest untold desires are granted.

Two lovers share their passions and dreams, dancing toward the edge of a cliff by the sea - and perhaps over it.

A lovestruck journalist and a torn painter pull the threads of their affair in opposite directions: he desires something more permanent, while she feels indebted to her husband and sons.

A leech-like, jellyfish-like animal that consumes grief is used for various medicinal purposes, but rituals surrounding these animals have been corrupted in recent years, resulting in these animals' impending extinction.

A Russian man recalls the first time he fell in love.

A man visits his girlfriend in the countryside and begins to realize that she loves someone else.