Heavenly gardens

WAIT! don't stick your head there...Dag nabbit Steve....this plant is carnivorous!

As one of the most friendly races, halflings don't care about the power and glory (Most of the times), and one of the remarkable organizations is "Heavenly gardens", founded by a group of philosophers and naturalists. Admiring nature's beauty, and the amount of help it gives, the community of heavenly gardens are dedicating their lives to multiply and maintain the natural resources of the land. The community itself mostly contains herbalists, gardeners, geologists, traveling writers, and other scientists related to studying the wonders of the realm. Such individuals are often hired by the noble houses, to maintain the royal gardens, apiaries, farms, and to make them prosper and thrive. People from this community are mostly kind, tender, caring, and emphatic, which is a rare sight on the lands of the Eidamir. Besides the normal duties and performing contracts for nobles, members of the Heavenly gardens also look for rare species of flora and fauna, and often open Zoos and naturalistic gardens across the Kingdoms, to secure the species that are at the edge of extinction. But that doesn't end the list of the activities performed by this cheery conglomerate, they also grow crops on behalf of the Heavenly Gardens, breed new kinds of domesticated beasts and other animals, in addition, cultivating new kinds of fruits and vegetables, using magic and science in conjunction with lesser-known means to achieve wonderous results. The Heavenly gardens have over a couple of centuries gained a reputation, as one of the few peace-loving and kind communities across the lands of Eidamir.

Structure

The community itself consists of 3 councils, each consisting of 10 individuals, such councils are known as "Caretaker Assemblies". The councils are a diplomatic governing body carrying out decisions based on a majority vote, and then the current decision is spread to the local facilities and related to the community. Every Council is re-elected every 12 years, to bring fresh ideas, and to improve the dynamics of the council's decisions. Those, however, who are not part of the council have a minute hierarchy of their own, which just separates the people by the professions they have and obligations before the Heavenly Gardens.

Public Agenda

The agenda of the community is noble and simple at the same time: To maintain nature and to make it prosper, but also to convert other people of the land to their ideology and calling. Besides that, The Heavenly gardens are known for trading in crops, vegetables, fruits, and also selling unique breeds of animals to the noble houses, but only if they trust the noble, and the creatures won't be mistreated by their new master.

Assets

The assets of the organization, are far from vast and mostly don't have much monetary value to them, but you can tell certainly, that the heavenly gardens have several granaries, warehouses, gardens, crop fields, laboratories, schools, and other buildings serving their cause. This organization has no troops or castles, they believe in pacifism as a way of life.

History

Historically, the first garden of the "Natural wonders", was founded by Nate Bushwick in the vicinity of tundra forests on the north-east part of the Great Woods, where he presented a variety of plant life he found across the continent. People that visited the garden were fascinated by its beauty and the aroma drifting in the air from multiple unseen before flowers. And soon enough Southoldian Vizier in 1307 GR granted Knighthood to Nate, and provided him with financing to bring in more people into this cause, much, later on, made one of the students of Bushwick - Mello Akervale, his personal gardener on the hanging gardens of the Galton keep. Since then the organization got its recognition and became one of the renowned guilds of Eidamir.

Demography and Population

The numbers of the community is constantly growing, as there is an option to become part of the community as you finish the naturalistic school, or you are just a traveler, who can be of use to the Heavenly gardens. So the current numbers of the organisations is about 400-600 creatures involved in various activities.