Every year, like a paintbrush on a canvas, spring twirls on the ground from south to north, moves from branch to branch and land to land, paints northern hemisphere in green, pink, yellow, and white; new branches, new leaves, and new colors come to the canvas. Then begins the full celebration of the colors in the summer by red ripe berries, colorful fruits, and shiny seeds. Next …
From ancient gardening to this date of showering our beloved one with the beautiful flowers for the Valentine day, from drinking herbal tea and using medicinal plants to burning sandalwood and sage, from birth to death, plants have been indispensable from our physical and emotional healing, and from our happiness and sorrow.
For thousands of years, we, humans, picked our fruits from the trees; smelled lily of the valley from the bushes in the valleys; and walked into the forest, mountains, deserts to watch the landscapes, the animals, and the plants. We were scientists. Our lifestyle is changed now. We pick our fruits from the grocery store shelves; smell the lily of the valley from …