The scent of dew filled the air as the gate to Leena Rao's home in Muthaiga, Nairobi opened. I have never known how to describe the smell, but I have always recognised its source.
Surrounded by trees that are much older than she is, along with flowers that resemble the colours of the rainbow -- orange, pink, purple, yellow, and green -- there is green everywhere; green Paspalum grass stretching across the lower garden and an abundance of greens in the herb garden.