I think that you should be more careful in your sweeping generalisations 'We are connected to nature'. Just because plants show signs of intelligence, it may actually not be intelligent just a number of hormones working together. They are not some kind of Triffid!!! The auxin produced in the knows where the sunlight is and it bends towards it. How can you say that such a simple substance is an intelligent being? Can you think back to when you were born? No, no one can remember their birth. This is because the brain is not yet sophisticated enough to understand and remember concepts such as their own birth, let alone the ponderings of the Universe. Have a look at this website about auxin:
http://library.thinkquest.org/15215/Friend/garden.html
can you tell me that phototropism is intelligence or just a simple catalysic biomechanism?