Okay, because apparently this is SUPER difficult to understand for some 'experts' here...
The Spring Court is SUSTAINED by Tamlin's/its High Lord's magic. That's why it's always spring. Same for Winter and Summer.
The flowers of Spring Court do not really require 'gardening'. They don't require cultivation. They don't require that, which Elain loves the most--the work, the dirt, the watching of the fruits of her labour coming alive, the changing of the seasons, the cycles of life.
She is not going to be doing what she loves in Spring. It's all artificial. The 'sunshine' that everyone thinks she wants and needs is artificial there. The flowers just bloom. Nothing is needed to sustain them, other than magic.
That's the crux of the matter--Elain loves gardening because it brings joy and colour into her life. Because it's death and rebirth and toiling and failing and succeeding. Because in her hovel, that was the one little spot of beauty and escape. Because the first thing that she did even when she was in semi-catatonic state after being Made, was plant some herbs, as Feyre reminded her that 'the herbs you planted are coming up nicely'.
She doesn't WANT a ready-made, microwavable garden that's ready in 3 minutes.
She stated herself that 'the world needs more gardens' -- the gardens that she wants to PLANT. She never said that she wants to be in a place where everything is just given to her. She wants to spread that art and use her abilities out in the world--not in a place that blooms forever.
Would it not make MORE sense that Elain would revive, plant and cultivate the gardens and parks of a long-forgotten Court that once brimmed with life and greenery, and now is nothing but barren rock?
Tamlin doesn't need more gardens. But the world does.
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