I’m trying to harness my love for tea to help me learn something unrelated to tea–to identify plants and remember them!
Since you are reading my tea blog, you already know–or can guess–that I am a lover of tea and all things Camellia sinensis. I typically enjoy one or two mindful tea sessions every day. Sometimes, I take my tea on nature walks.
The Urge to Identify Plants
I am also always trying to identify plants. It takes me a while. I’ve come to the conclusion that my approach was not working. Instead of trying to identify every beautiful plant I walk past (seriously–don’t judge me!–lol), I realized I need to focus on a plant or two at a time.
Then, I had another idea! What if I used my love of tea and taking tea photos in nature to help focus my attention (and memory!) on identifying plants?
Using Tea to Help
So, during my last tea walk at my local botanical garden, I stopped every time I saw Lungwort (Pulmonaria) flowers. I paid attention to their leaves and flowers. (Look at those lovely polka dots on the leaves!)
I had a clay teapot with me. So, I also took a photo of my teapot near several different groupings of Lungwort. I thought arranging my teapot next to the flowers might impress this memory into my brain. I thought “let’s use tea to identify plants!” Hopefully, when they bloom again next year, I won’t have to pull out my Seek app and identify them…again! I’ll already know.
More Posts About Tea In Nature
If you are a lover of tea and nature, you might enjoy these other posts I’ve written.
An invitation: let me know tea and nature speak to you, too, by leaving a comment.