Nature is intriguing and inspiring. Especially in Greece where we can study more than 6.000 species of flowering plants (the richest flora in Europe).
The ancient greeks added even more fascination to the subject through myths and legents created for almost every plant.
The details they observed in nature and its phenomena ( what a beautiful greek word ) astound us, as in the case of the carob tree , one most important elements of the ancient greek diet.