>>983945Once I'm wealthy, I fully intend to build a personal "Garden of Gehenna" in which to relax and boost my Bond Villain cred. The idea is to have it as a courtyard in the middle of my house, like how central park is in the middle of manhattan.
Imagine a greenhouse with a planted river running through it into a large pond. A few stone walkways, some benches, some loungers, and a bar in the corner. The whole thing is overgrowing with orchids, bromeliads, a proteus bush here, a bird of paradise there, etc. Some nicely sized ficus and palms are scattered about too. Butterflies, hatched in a corner cabinet, fly around but don't crowd it out. A handful of hummingbirds busily pollinate plants and take nectar. Drosophila emerge from a breeding cup or two to feed the hummingbirds' need for protein. Green tree pythons hang from a few of the higher branches, occasionally catching one of the arboreal rodents or geckos that roam the greenhouse. A pair of mertens water monitors prowl the place, snatching rodents, feeders I've put there, or the occasional tilapia from the pond/river. Mushrooms grow where plants have died or animals have defecated, the spore strains were chosen for their interesting psychoactive properties. The bar is built on a large discus tank, lazily swimming to entertain guests. You could walk in, have a beer and a blunt on a lounger while stroking a mertens and watching the birds...
The garden plays host to small parties and there's a basking lamp intentionally placed above the bar to attract the water monitors to act as living decor. Guests giggle as they feed the monitors or pythons treats of thawed feeders from tongs.