If you know me at all then you know I enjoy gardening. Not the kind where where you try to plant things to feed your family, but the kind that makes the yard look pretty and makes me happy when I walk out my front door. I enjoy planting things for the birds and bees and butterflies to fill up on. I especially love native plants that have adapted perfectly to their environments and hard to kill wild flowers that may be a weed to someone else. And if it has a nice scent, all the better!
What I've discovered in botanic gardens throughout the world is that I am not alone! They are such a comforting place for me. To know someone else enjoys figuring out which plant likes what spot best, which bit of shade is perfect for the leaf, the low spot that gets the most moisture for the roots, the most sun for the fragrant flower... It's just so.... Well....ahhhhh! Everything else is different and challenging and frankly, foreign! The rest of the family, I will admit, was a bit bored, but I was happy.
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