Happy Storyteller Saturday 😄 How would your characters decorate a garden??? -MayvinWrites
There’s one character in particular who might really like to put a garden together, and that’s Riyaz. Partly because his magic is mostly tied to plant life.
Riyaz would absolutely maintain multiple plots–a fruit and vegetable garden, a flower garden, a medicinal plant garden, and anything else he thought he could manage.
His food-supporting plot would be the most ruthlessly managed, because it attracts steel sheep (among other things), with larger plants such as apple trees being planted to shade those that need less sun or a climbing support structure. He’d exclude the more aggressive plants like mint to solitary boxes, and probably be cautious about truly finicky plants if it meant hand-pollinating everything. He’d maintain his own beehive at the end of the row, if less-proficiently than other beekeepers with more practice.
Flowers have to be managed differently than things anyone plans to eat, but he’d plunk down a few stone benches in the middle of his favorite mountain blooms, to encourage people to spend time there. Expect a trellis laden with flowering vines and sweet peas, with ivy shoved to the borders to keep it from devouring all the resources other plants need. He wouldn’t know the first thing about building a gazebo, but can probably find someone who does. His second-favorite group of flowers also falls into the next group.
Medicinal plants would be the smallest of the bunch, clustered around a willow tree and its boughs. If he could get his hands on a greenhouse or equivalent, he’d ask for one regarding this group. About the only special magical work he does keeps the willows from overcoming their water source, and he keeps the rest in line by pruning and constant assessment.
And he’d border the place with stone, blackberry, trees, and ivy, to keep his power from interfering with other sensitive sites. Fruit trees, in particular, would be encouraged to drop plenty of fruit by the road just over the wall.
But since this is Riyaz, the garden’s always open to anyone who needs food or a place to rest. Just don’t go stamping on his plants, because they might not appreciate it.