Even Greener Pastures

We have dandelions, daisies, and poppies here. The others I did not recognize, know the name of but looked similar to plants I have seen.

I frequently have ¨projects¨ learning particular kinds of things in Spanish.  My garden, landscape, and nature project was the most difficult project for which to find teachers.  I used the series ¨Big Dreams, Small Spaces¨ that is British.  Most of my teachers were at a complete loss to know the names of flowers, plants, gardening tools, landscaping features, etc.  I found two young ones that were interested and enjoyed looking up the terms and learning them along with me.  I only found one teacher, probably in her 50´s, that actually new most of the terms in Spanish. 

One thing I learned in the process partly was that young, economically challenged city-dwelling Venezuelan college graduates just haven´t had much exposure to that.  I also learned that gardening is much less popular in Spain and Spanish speaking countries than in England or some parts of the U.S.

Apparently the climate of England is similar enough to where I live that we have a lot of the same plants-- but of course it is very different than the warmer climate of most Spanish speaking countries.  I also understand that there are many more species of wildflowers in tropical places-- maybe it is just too overwhelming trying to spend time identifying them all, especially for young city dwellers.