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NATURE ALWAYS WINS
LESSONS FROM A FOREST GARDEN
Samuel Phillips. Nairobi Kenya
ometime within the year, I shared how Moving to the forest, we instantly fell in love
my family and I moved to a forest with the environment; the clean air, the lush
Shouse on the coast of Kenya. The trees, and the community that gave us such a
eco-banda where we stayed was part of a great welcome.
thirty-acre indigenous forest with untouched
trees, and rich biodiversity, and just a stone’s The warm-cold wind from the ocean constantly
throw from the ocean beach. The forest is a creates this music that sways the trees in this
conservation project under the protection of beautiful dance symphony. It was a lovely
the Digo Community of Kwale County on the environment where you enjoy nature and rich
coast of Kenya. biodiversity.
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