The Vanier garden functions like a hive, each plant plays an important role in the garden's existence, both in life and in death. Each plant's life is merely a fraction of the garden's life, similar to a bee in a hive. Much like a bee, each plant starts off being fed and sheltered by surrounding older plants. The older trees provide resources for tree saplings, vegetables, and flowers nearby. As these plants grow, they will in turn provide nutrients to younger plants, and will one day produce their own fruit. Similar to the way in which bees care for the hive and for younger bees before…