[The irony here is that Iskandar had caught himself a Golden Deer and had it currently astride Bucephalus, blissfully unaware that golden deer were even a concept in other cultures.
Glancing between the two men, Lorenz lifted his shoulders in a dismissive gesture.]
Oh, they're no different from any other garden really. They are fairly large and filled with ornamental flowers and shrubs, usually with at least a person or small team tending to the trimming, pruning, weeding, and ensuring that the plants are properly nourished.
Sometimes larger estates allow their shrubbery to grow into complex mazes for the visitors, but that takes more time than people have patience for.
...Honestly, to the regular folks on the farms and in the towns, elaborate gardens are worse than useless. They're a burden; no one blames the ordinary farmer for not having the patience or time to grow one.
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Glancing between the two men, Lorenz lifted his shoulders in a dismissive gesture.]
Oh, they're no different from any other garden really. They are fairly large and filled with ornamental flowers and shrubs, usually with at least a person or small team tending to the trimming, pruning, weeding, and ensuring that the plants are properly nourished.
Sometimes larger estates allow their shrubbery to grow into complex mazes for the visitors, but that takes more time than people have patience for.
...Honestly, to the regular folks on the farms and in the towns, elaborate gardens are worse than useless. They're a burden; no one blames the ordinary farmer for not having the patience or time to grow one.