The Winter Gardens' name is a bit of a misdirection - there are flowers here that bloom at many different times of the year.  It's almost the size of an entire town square, and it has almost every known flora of the Continent in it.
The Winter Gardens, Outside Tower
worms
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I am the maid to the queen. I get her dressed in the morning and take care of her needs. I live in the servant's quarters on the lower level of the castle.
Ah, worms are here. They shall be useful for the queen's lizards to feast on. But first let me remove my apron so as not to dirty it while I collect you all. Noooo! I am a valuable life to preserve! I know things! Worms that can talk!? What sinister magic is this!? I have been able to talk to humans ever since I was born.  How did you acquire such a skill? Do the flowers that bloom in these gardens have special powers that a simple maid like I cannot understand? Not the flowers, but out in ther forest i have heard of magical herbs. If not the flowers, then how did you get such powers of speech? I am still curious. Surely you did not come all the way from the forest. These gardens are much too large for a simple worm to cross, even in a thousand lifetimes. I have been given this ability from a witch. This is what my father told me. A witch you say? Well then I must surely take you to my queen. She must know that there is dark magic present in her kingdom. Oh please no! She will most likely kill me. Tell me, why should I not take you? Give me a good reason and I may spare you yet. I know many secrets. I know where stolen goods are.