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Why We Created Gardens?
Gardens, why did we find it so important to create them?
From times immemorial, humans have had the habit of creating gardens, places separate from their homes and working place, with simple furniture and simple pleasures at your disposal.
Our house has a small garden filled with seasonal vegetables and flowers dotted on the sides. The blood-red rose, the golden marigold, baby pink periwinkles and the humongous guava tree overlooking it. My earliest memories are roaming through it and touching the leaves and flowers while the wind rustled my hair in the evening.
We created gardens because we wanted to create a remembrance of the connection we have with nature. We want to remember that this is what has nurtured us and it will be the one that will neuter the essence of life from us.
When the morning lark starts its songs or when the birds return to their nests, we always find ourselves drawn to gardens, these places filled with ample of greenery and refreshing breeze that take away the sorrows with us.
We run in them, we plant new life in them, we take away what we need in the form of flowers and vegetables, we sit around in them and socialize. They are our nest, the nest provided by nature and which we chose to keep around even when we have to power to create skyscrapers that touch the sky and remind…
