The gardening salon helps you find your own happy gardening circle
Spider plant, asparagus fern, camellia, rock-clinging bonsai, Chinese fringe tree, elm stump... In the rooftop garden of Li Yuanyan, the "Flower Grandpa" of Baibuting Community, lush summer greenery clusters together, and the verdant plants seem to be telling people that the owner should prune them! Flower Grandpa said: Once this busy spell is over, I'll spend the two months of summer vacation slowly trimming them.
Since moving to Baibuting in 2001, Li Yuanyan has always been a well-known community celebrity. He is skilled at everything from planting flowers and growing plants to making bonsai, and many flower and plant enthusiasts have come to his door to learn from him. Through this, Li Yuanyan also made many flower friends.
By chance, he went to a university for the elderly to substitute teach, and that substituting lasted more than ten years. Gradually, he became the only professional teacher in the flower and bonsai classes of various universities for the elderly. He has taught countless students, and flower growers across the three towns of Wuhan all respectfully call him "Teacher Li."
Having planted flowers and grown plants for more than forty years, his one-person flower-growing story has become the story of countless flower growers across the three towns of Wuhan.
Kalanchoe, petunia, bougainvillea, single-petal impatiens, Chinese fringe tree... all kinds of plants are lined up in a row. In the classroom of the flower and bonsai class at the Wuchang District University for the Elderly, more than thirty people sit in rows around the desks in the middle. Teacher Li stands beside the row of plants and says in a raised voice, "Whose is this?" Then he explains one by one what problems this potted plant has and how it should be cared for. The students are also very enthusiastic and ask him questions from time to time, and he answers them all.
"Growing flowers is for fun; when the flowers are grown well, your mood improves too." Flower Grandpa leads a group of people who love growing flowers and plants, using the platform of the university for the elderly to develop their hobbies, make friends, and solve their gardening puzzles. This is their circle. Most young people cannot afford to grow flowers, nor do they grow them, because growing flowers requires time cost and energy to care for them, and young people do not have that. But flowers and plants adorn the home, and the pursuit of nature and beauty is what more young people crave in their hearts. When you are still some distance from your garden dream, the gardening salon appears just in time. Come to the gardening salon online platform to identify flowers and plants, meet gardening experts, and find your happy circle of flower friends.
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