My journey

I am going to share some experiences I have lived in my last years which gave me the courage to start my personal project called Succulents Gallery.

Until now one of my dreams had been to travel the world and get my own experiences through my five senses and not by tv or social media. I have to say that I have been losing a bit of interest in getting know urban centers but instead I enjoy discovering much more the magic and unique nature that I have encountered on all my travels.

I have to start with the biodiversity in fauna and flora in Colombia, and then moving into the extraordinary experience of the Peruvian mountains and desert, in contrast with the Nordic forests, the fjords and the northern lights in Norway; and I get speechless about hiking in the national parks in USA and again in amazing contrast with hiking in Japan wondering if a bear suddenly appears in my path; and then Vietnam came to my mind walking through small villages and its rice crops and discover how they have lived in communion with nature. My experiences seem endless and my conclusion has been that the deep appreciation of nature has given me a physical and mental healing.

In 2020 the pandemic arrived to our lives and thanks to it I continued my journey into myself and I started making deep questions about the meaning of life and the purpose we all have on earth. I was lucky to live this stressful moment surrounding by nature, water and birds, otherwise I would have been declared insane.

Some of the things I thought a lot during the pandemic and afterwards was that the economic model had failed us and that our society has to think about things that can help us to reach the goals that humanity has in order to live in balance with nature, things like:

Sustainable economic models / circular economy / integration of nature into our lives / returning to the craftsmanship of goods / among other …

Today I still have the same questions with a few answers, but at least I experienced awareness, desire of freedom and I reaffirmed the idea that our society need to return to nature in order to heal, grow and survive.

Later during the preparations for my wedding in Colombia in 2022, I just could think that I wanted to experience the whole event in a garden surrounding by a real forest, receiving the light directly from the sun and getting the smell of pine, eucalyptus and roses from the surroundings. I have to say that all the dream came true as the way I described it and the feeling of happiness that I felt was overwhelming and unforgettable.

Experiencing all those different situations where nature was in certain way a common factor, I did another question to myself, if I would be born again what would I like to do?

My answer to that question was, “a craftswoman of nature”, who can transmit peace of mind, positive thoughts, give a sense of heeling and most importantly a connection with nature and with ourselves.

Thanks to that revelation and my own experiences in nature, I started Succulents Gallery in Copenhagen in September 2024.