As the youthful David Hall matures from his early childhood in the early part of the 18th century within the illusionary changing shadow of a grand Victorian walled kitchen garden, to the age when he hopes to seek out an ambitious adventure all on his own that is destined to take him to a place that his beloved but troubled family could only dream of. He will learn first-hand and will remember that the simple five letter word 'youth' would mean more than one thing in particular to him forever.