Since taking classes, she has been able to structure the days with meaningful gardening activities like removing pests, making compost piles, loosening the soil, and inserting grafts. Her thriving plants by the entrance to her building have generated a lot of interest, inspiring neighbors to follow suit. The shared interest in gardening has brought her and her neighbors-previously merely nodding acquaintances-a growing friendship.
茉莉參加園藝課後，從捉蟲、做堆肥、鬆土，到插枝、接枝、壓條等栽種方法，除了每天日子忙忙碌碌好打發外，也愈種愈有心得，而她在一樓門口種的花草繁茂又美麗，吸引了鄰居跟進，左右鄰居原本只是點頭之交的，因此漸成朋友。