Allow me to set the scene for you.

"It is with great displeasure that I report to you, good people of this fine land, that life as we know it is near an end. After eons without rain we are expecting a great flood and a decrease in temperatures so severe that it will extinguish nearly all foliage and with it our chance for survival." Here the news anchor paused to allow for his audience to gasp and no doubt begin their prayers to the warmth king. "There is hope, though. A brave scientists has undertaken a mission to gather the genetic material from our realm and send them to a much safer, warmer place. We may not survive, but with the delivery of our land's native foliage to the tropics of California our legacy may still grow and spread. Using a complex algorithm known only to himself Ty Ødin has chosen Florencia Aceituno to carry the burden of renewing the Texas climate somewhere less likely to be wiped out by a cataclysmic winter. Godspeed, Mr. Ødin, Godspeed."
It was with this broadcast over my Chronotelevision (Patent Pending) that I learned it was my job to gather the foliage of Texas and send it to California in order to survive the imminent coldsnap. I could go on for hours about the ramifications of such a device on man's free will, but I really needed to gather some leaves first. I won't bore you with the details, but the native plant life was sent, along with some soil to keep it cozy, a few rocks (Fossils!) and a fist full of sprinkles. I hope Florencia knows what to do when she receives the package.