On 8 acres of wasteland, a 66-year-old man spent 8 years growing flowers and vegetables, and finally
Last Update ：2024.10.23
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Building a garden of your own is probably the dream of countless flower lovers, but only a few can do it. And how many people can own an 8-acre garden?
"This garden hidden in the sea of bamboo is undoubtedly a paradise. It is broad, grand and full of European style. Even in the West, such a garden would be amazing."
This is the praise of this manor from the American home furnishing magazine "Better Homes and Gardens". Yes, this place can no longer be called a garden but should be called a manor.
And this manor, which is the envy of Chinese and foreign people, is A 66-year-old Chinese man did it himself and took 8 years to build it.
But the idea for this manor was actually 14 years ago , has been hovering in Lao Zhang’s mind.
Lao Zhang was a photographer, before he devoted himself to building the manor. , he once had a crazy resume.
Traveled 12 times in the hinterland of Tibet and went to the Western Sichuan Plateau more than 40 times I traveled around western China countless times and took nearly 100,000 photos of the western plateau scenery.
He loves natural scenery, various plants, and nature. He once said that I am a person who cannot live in the city. What I want in life is to be away from the hustle and bustle, so when he stopped, he chose to build a garden by himself.
The obsession with gardens has been planted since childhood. Because the place where Lao Zhang lived when he was a child was a big garden, and over the years, he has been quietly preparing for his own garden. When taking pictures, he would go into the mountains when he had nothing to do. He would also visit other people’s gardens and pay attention to every detail. paths, the layout of each pond.
But the right place is not easy to find, Lao Zhang He traveled to so many places across the country, but was never satisfied. It was not until 2002 that he finally selected the address of his manor.
It is an abandoned forest farm, about 10 kilometers away from Ma'anshan City. More than 20 kilometers, a total of 8 acres, and surrounded by bamboo forests that stretch for dozens of kilometers, the environment is excellent.
Lao Zhang decided on this place without any hesitation. The lease term is 50 years. It wasn't until after signing the contract that Lao Zhang felt relieved and started busy building the garden!
When I first bought the forest farm, it was very desolate, and the surrounding area was almost the same. It was in a state of dilapidation. After carefully examining the surrounding environment, Lao Zhang finally made the decision to build it in a European style!
Lao Zhang did not find a professional designer and planned to design his own Build with your heart.
Lao Zhang did not demolish all the original buildings, but It was reinforced and renovated on the original basis, and turned into a two-story European-style red-roofed small house. It looks like a British manor~
The renovation is a big project, including bricks for walls, stones for paths, street lights in the yard and various other things. The background is complicated and trivial.
Lao Zhang is a person who can’t rest, even if he has a professional During the construction work, Lao Zhang also rushed back and forth to help. Even just because a stone did not look good, he went to the mountains many times to look for it.
But it was all worth it, it took 8 years to build the manor It was finally built, and every brick, every wood, every stone and every grass was condensed with Lao Zhang’s hard work and sweat.
Lao Zhang also spent a lot of time choosing plants in the garden. After a lot of thought, he planted more than a thousand kinds of plants in the manor. These plants include tropical, subtropical and temperate plants, and their flowering periods are staggered. In this way, the entire manor can have flowers all year round. open.
But some plants are not cold-resistant, so Lao Zhang even specially built We built a 150-square-meter three-story greenhouse and moved in some plants that were difficult to survive the winter.
There are not only plants in the manor, but also Lao Zhang specially looking for them Most of the various animals are free-range, such as horses imported from Xinjiang.
Peacock strolling in the garden
Elegant and beautiful swan
There are also many wild birds, even some rare species.
After Lao Zhang posted his manor online, The reputation of the manor spread, and it gradually gained a lot of fame in the circle of flower friends, and many flower friends came here to visit it.
At the request of these flower friends
Lao Zhang only tried to receive some flower friends in 2015, leading them to visit his carefully designed manor,
In addition to the large flower bed in the front, there is also a mountain spring on the back mountain. After Lao Zhang inspected it, he simply used the terrain to create a special water feature.
Every day, clear mountain spring water flows from the mountain into the garden. First, pass the swimming pool.
Then it flows through the koi pond and lotus pond to ensure the yard The water inside is all living water.
And Lao Zhang also made a self-made filtering system to ensure All year round, various pools are crystal clear.
Lao Zhang is particularly careful about his garden, especially in In terms of details, even the pattern at the bottom of the swimming pool is designed by myself
Lao Zhang’s favorite thing in the entire yard is the large lawn in the center, which contains red clay pots, Japanese stone lanterns, and red poppies, white chrysanthemums, and woolen lanterns on the edges. Rehmannia glutinosa and other plants.
But for such a beautiful lawn, daily maintenance is very hard. , but Lao Zhang enjoyed it like a cake.
Normally, Lao Zhang would be reluctant to step in, so the two peacocks strolling leisurely on the lawn seemed particularly enviable.
Looking at the increasingly beautiful manor, even Lao Zhang I also felt very surprised. Originally I just wanted to realize a dream of my own, but I didn't expect that what I would gain in the end was my own spiritual garden.
Lao Zhang himself said: "After so many years of hard work, , the original ruins gradually became beautiful in my hands, and it became my spiritual home. I cherish this process very much. ”
Cultivation with heart, watering with love, and perseverance, even desolate ruins can bloom again. The same goes for gardens, and so do people.
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