Just talk to them: Leena Rao’s secret for blooming bliss

Leena Rao’s home in Muthaiga, Nairobi covered with various flowers on August 15, 2024.

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation

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.

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