Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.

A young girl who becomes an orphan is sent away to live with a distant family and discovers a secret garden. With the help of a local boy, the young girl brings the garden back to life.