As a gardener, my eyes have been trained to look down, to survey the crop in my backyard

and to look for things that just shouldn't be there, like holes in the ground, caterpillars, or weeds. I can spot a

tuft of rye grass that's cuddling up a little too close to my brussel sprouts from a mile away.

Now looking down has some advantages and if you ever visit Iceland I

highly recommend looking down. Sure you're going to want to check out those

beautiful icy blue glaciers and maybe take a dip in a hot spring.

But if you visit one of the many rugged foreboding lava fields, look down.

There among those volcanic rocks in between the fissures, the cracks, the scars and the

earth, you might spot Iceland's national flower peeking through. The flower's name is

Holtasoli. It's a tiny flower with creamy white petals and a little yellow

center. And it seems impossible that it can grow in such seemingly inhospitable land that was shaped by volcanic

rage and geological violence, and yet nature finds away.

The lava feeds the land. As it decomposes it gives nutrients and minerals back to the soil,

the flower is a sign of resilience.

People often find a way too.

Even in places far from Iceland, like in Rwanda, where the scar tissue of violence is so thick that it seems like nothing can grow.

People are fed by necessity, by hope, and by a will to rebuild.

People are resilient. From America's test kitchen, I'm Bridget Lancaster, and this is proof.

At Oxo, no design detail is too small.

Take for example, there's stainless steel measuring cups and spoons.

Category director, Franz Joas V Yello, explains.

Okay, how do people generally tend to store these things?

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