Wherever it has corresponded to me to be, there with love I have forged my home, always accompanied by my green oasis, where its kind adaptability has allowed it to adjust to the conditions, without undermining its presence. It is not a whim, it is for me a necessity, it is part of my adoption, of my healthy lifestyle, because it has a positive impact on my health.

The contact with nature is an elixir that comforts me, and generates tranquility and balance to my senses. But my convulsive daily life does not always allow me to enjoy it to its fullest. However, gardening as an activity has contributed favorably to my physical and mental well-being.

Venezuela, my country, has a tropical climate with two periods during the year, one dry and the other rainy. Although there are different macro and microclimates, in the area where I currently live its temperatures range between 34 and 38 °C approximately between 93 and 100 °F, so my garden is adapted to these conditions of temperature and humidity, I have some seasonal fruit plants (banana and papaya) but predominantly ornamental plants, always taking into account for its cultivation that can flow in these conditions. Some in pots, others in soil, depending on the peculiarities of the plant, this allows me a better distribution of liquids and nutrients, in addition to facilitating their management and care.

My orchard must include some characteristics, such as the presence of water and stone, in interaction with the vegetation, the plants will always be native to the area, and as far as possible should coexist in diversity, that is, mixed, whenever feasible, without affecting each other. In this way I recreate my ecosystem, my space full of energy and vitality.

I feel and assimilate my green world as a space of shared care, I take care of my natural environment with its elements and in return, they comfort me and take care of me. I like to know my plants, identify them, and specify their specificities and requirements, so I adapt and personalize their care, for this, I use an app (Pl@ntNet), which generates all the necessary information. I am reluctant to have a plant just on a "whim", because it is "pretty" or because of its "flower" or any other condition and ignore the habitat and its needs. It would be a disaster and would subject it to unnecessary stress, being in an unsuitable place, it would suffer if its ability to adapt is weak and eventually perish. Nature is beautiful just as it is, in freedom and respecting its particularities.

It is pleasantly stimulating to immerse myself in my little garden and even more so after a difficult and tiring day, it frees me from stress, relaxes me, and makes it easier for me to fall asleep. It brings me joy and happiness to take care of my plants with contemplation, but also with a certain zeal. I can easily lose track of time and when it is time to turn the soil, fertilize, move the pots, and transplant, it is a beneficial physical activity. The exquisite spectacles of flowering in its various stages, the new leaves emerging, the new shoots, are gratifying. The balance and harmony that is generated between the different elements that make up the space, is restorative and regenerative. I like to record the events and their evolution through photographs.

Before ending this meeting I will tell you a little bit about the special Orange Lilies, these beauties were my mother's weakness, they came to her garden, through two seedlings, brought from a cold area of Trujillo state, Venezuela. When we brought them, I thought they would never survive the hot land, but to my surprise, they adapted placidly.