inspiration: brand name, garden, leaf, home... very clean, modern, and approachable... flexible/scalable for today's modern branding in that it reads well at small sizes & doesn't lose its visual appeal when used as a one color option for watermarks, embroidery, embossing, etc...
Your 2nd entry: the green seems a little pale (light), i think if it was a little stronger (darker green) or more prominent in the actual logo itself then this would work better.