Shazia

A cheerful gardener with a basket of fruit and a pair of shears.

Shazia’s first request is three vegetables from your garden, which is a gentle way of telling you it is time to plant one. Garden beds of tomatoes, okra and mint grow in minutes, and herbs and vegetables feed half the village’s requests.

She thinks a blue glazed planter by the orchard barn “would look so cheerful,” and she is right.

A day with Shazia

• Morning
• Working
• With friends
• Free time
• Asleep

In free time Shazia is usually “checking the garden”.

Things Shazia says

• Hello

  “I keep imagining what we could grow in this sunny patch.”

• Friends

  “I saved the nicest vegetables for a meal with my neighbors.”

• At work

  “A little tending each day makes a very generous garden.”

• With friends

  “I brought a few ideas for our next shared harvest.”

• Free time

  “I am deciding where the next little garden could go.”

• Rain

  “The garden is getting a drink today. I think I will have one too.”

• Snow

  “Keep your hands warm, neighbor. The work will still be here.”

• Bedtime

  “I am winding down near home. Tomorrow can wait until morning.”

Requests

Every resident asks for help when they arrive, has a small daily ask and wants one special piece of furniture near their workplace.

• First ask
  The first harvest
  “Could you bring three vegetables from your garden?”
  Thanks: “Are those from your garden? The first harvest is the sweetest.”
• Wish
  A growing welcome
  “A blue glazed planter by the orchard barn would look so cheerful.”
  Thanks: “A blue planter for the barn? It will look so happy.”
• Every day
  Fresh herbs
  “Could you pick me two bunches of fresh herbs today?”
  Thanks: “Fresh herbs? The whole barn will smell like mint.”

Orchard barn

Shazia’s harvest requests introduce the gardening loop.

• 2 hours 30 minutes to build

4 planks

See it in the village guide