By JAPHETH NZOMO

Once upon a time, in South East London, at a place called Lewisham, there was a magical garden. However, the occupiers of the main house and owners of the garden as well, decided it was time to find a new house and gave the house and garden to a family called the Nzomos’. Little did the Nzomos’ know it wasn't just an average garden that they were getting.

The thing which separates this garden from an average garden is its great rectangular layout. The rectangular shape gives it a magical like feel when you look it. The garden has a super smooth concrete path that leads up to a tiny set of stairs which also leads to a smooth concrete pile. The garden also has 3 beautiful trees. The Nzomos; uses that concrete pile as a place to host barbecues, have discussions with friends and would even have the children play it on it. Meanwhile next to the concrete path is a smooth pile of soil. 

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Nzomos’ used the garden to plant flowers and grass. However, during the covid-19 pandemic, the Nzomos’ used it as a farm and planted vegetables, pumpkins and green chillies, greens and beans. The Nzomos’ thought of the farm as a wise decision as it helped save money while reminding them of their home country Kenya which too had beautiful farms and scenery.

Another thing about this magical garden wasn't just the scenery you get from the front window of the house, Not only does the mini farm the Nzomo's created provide a beautiful but also it has wildlife. This garden has a good number of wild animals such as wildcats, foxes, squirrels and birds. 

This provides entertainment for example, If you were ever bored you could grab a bit of popcorn and enjoy the show from the front window. If you were watching expect to see the squirrels doing acrobats on one of the trees, the birds singing their daily song on another one of the trees or you could just sit back and observe one of the wildcats just chilling over there. 

However, one of the bad things about having so much animals is that the garden can turn into animal warzone as sometimes in the middle of night you can hear the foxes and wildcats screaming and hissing each other but luckily ends in Mr Nzomo coming to the rescue speaking cat language which confuses them enough to give them a run for their money.

Another downside is that the farm the Nzomo's created is so good that the wildlife wanted it too. Sometimes pigeons would go on a mission to steal seed from the farm. Luckily Mr Nzomo stopped them one time by throwing Ugali (Kenyan food) at them with incredible accuracy which gave them a run for their money.

However, these were just a few events of the magical garden which I hope you enjoyed and I hope that you see this as inspiration to take care or do something with your garden too (if you're lucky enough to have one) as it could save you some money too.