Er`i·ca'ceous adjective (Botany)

Plants, such as rhododendron, azaleas, heather, pieris & camellia, which like an acid soil.

I like the concept that all living things have to be in the right soil to flourish.
My life garden has many living things, not always in the right place.
I like to use my nurturing instinct to help put things in the right place.
This philosophy extends to my art school where I try to create the right "soil" for you to flourish.

Also... the word ericaceous breaks down into three parts:

My first name, Eric- .

-ace- meaning "great" (though this grates a little!).
I am interested in mortality, chance, risk and fate which the playing card motif represents.
(The trump/death card is the ace of spades.)
There is a tenuous (tongue in cheek) "spade" pun that fits the gardening theme, and
I like the tennis reference which for me is about getting things right the first time.

And lastly, -ous meaning "full of".
Putting it together, we have:
 "Eric takes chances, aims for greatness and is full of gratefulness".
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