Plant life varies greatly in the Kingdom too from huge trees to gorse like shrubs to flowers in every imaginable colour. There is no such thing as weeds (so in that respect Derek would consider the realm paradise) and every village and town takes great pride in ensuring their flowers are not only in bloom, they’re at least twice the size of their nearest neighbours.
The witch community is renowned for their herbal knowledge. The good witches use their knowledge to help others. The bad ones use their knowledge to brew poisons. Dwarves are wary of apples (and old women selling them even more so!) but fruit is grown in most areas similar to that found on earth. They also have their own fruits, which tend to be luminous in colour, heavily scented, and very juicy. The reason these haven’t been named is there’s disagreement as to what they should be called given magical fruits have the nasty habit of changing shape depending on how good or bad weather conditions were.
The Palace grounds are exquisite and range from the lake feeding the Fountain of Youth to a giant flower garden (you should see the size of the royal sunflowers and yes beanstalks are a speciality!), a massive orchard and woodlands. Teams of gardeners take care of all of these but there is a small garden which is literally the Queen’s own. Whenever Her Majesty can escape the cares of office for a while, she tends to this garden by herself much to the disapproval of her gardeners, Household and Council. The Queen finds it therapeutic to get her hands dirty from time to time. Everybody else in the Palace finds it awful and can’t understand what’s got into her.
Villagers take care of their own plots of land. There are no allotments, everybody literally has their own land, and all see the importance of keeping the Kingdom green. The Queen would at some point like to set up an official Royal Flower Show but hasn’t got around to it yet thanks to misbehaving fairies (Fresdian and Eileen), witches (Chief Witch, wizards (Brankaresh) and an awkward Council led by the ever awkward L’Evallier. Maybe one day...
The witch community is renowned for their herbal knowledge. The good witches use their knowledge to help others. The bad ones use their knowledge to brew poisons. Dwarves are wary of apples (and old women selling them even more so!) but fruit is grown in most areas similar to that found on earth. They also have their own fruits, which tend to be luminous in colour, heavily scented, and very juicy. The reason these haven’t been named is there’s disagreement as to what they should be called given magical fruits have the nasty habit of changing shape depending on how good or bad weather conditions were.
The Palace grounds are exquisite and range from the lake feeding the Fountain of Youth to a giant flower garden (you should see the size of the royal sunflowers and yes beanstalks are a speciality!), a massive orchard and woodlands. Teams of gardeners take care of all of these but there is a small garden which is literally the Queen’s own. Whenever Her Majesty can escape the cares of office for a while, she tends to this garden by herself much to the disapproval of her gardeners, Household and Council. The Queen finds it therapeutic to get her hands dirty from time to time. Everybody else in the Palace finds it awful and can’t understand what’s got into her.
Villagers take care of their own plots of land. There are no allotments, everybody literally has their own land, and all see the importance of keeping the Kingdom green. The Queen would at some point like to set up an official Royal Flower Show but hasn’t got around to it yet thanks to misbehaving fairies (Fresdian and Eileen), witches (Chief Witch, wizards (Brankaresh) and an awkward Council led by the ever awkward L’Evallier. Maybe one day...
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