each one of the narrators think the garden is important to them because it resembles something. either it shows as, not wanting to take care of it, is being impatient or incapable. Wanting to do it may be because they have something they want to do with it, or maybe it reminds them of someone/ something. Kim, it reminds them of there father, for Wendell, it is changing things. For Gonzalo, it is learning.
Bob Duncan from GoodLuck Charlie. He often didn't want to spend money on things that were in good working condition. He was a stickler with money just like Scrooge. He did not have loads of money like pinnochio which shows why he felt like saving it.