Luckily, we have had a biology library and a beautiful college garden with rare plants which I visited frequently for recreation purposes. Here the wish to do some active work for species preservation arose.The garden of my family was destroyed in these years due to a construction site. I wanted to use my newfound knowledge to transform the place to a paradise, a place which would please my family and allow to do something useful for species protection. I knew that due to my weak position, this project was not possible without the help of my family.
Finally, I got green light and I mobilized all strength and enthusiasm to convert the wasteland to an enchanted garden. I changed the old goldfish pond to a small lake with orchids, built a stone wall with dry hill beds, made an artificial swamp and created a large lawn for the family. I wanted to integrate everything, creativity was plentiful in these days, but things went completely wrong.
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"Legend had it that Maligree, one of the last of the true sourcerers, created the garden as a small, timeless private self-locking universe where he could have a quiet smoke and a bit of think while avoiding the cares of the world. Which was itself a puzzle, because no wizard could possibly understand how any being as powerful as a sourcerer could have a care in the world. Whatever the reason, Maligree retreated further and further into a world of his own and then, one day, closed the entrance after him."
Terry Pratchett, "Sourcery"
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