In order to accompany her daughter to grow up, qiaoqiao returned to her hometown to create a garden of love, while being close to nature, while also healing the body and mind, and feeling the power of tranquility.
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This article was published in the magazine China Women
Beautiful gardens that have been cleverly created
From Suichang, Zhejiang Province, east of the expressway, you can see a bamboo fence wall in 5 minutes. It's spring, and the walls are filled with colorful European moons. In the center of the fence, there is a white arch flower cluster, pushing the door in, the scene in front of you is even more colorful: the windmill jasmine hovers over the gallery, opening into a white ocean; clematis wraps around the branches, showing off; the red maple stretches new leaves in the spring breeze; the feather grass swaying under the warm sun... This is the garden that Qiaoqiao created for her daughter, and she often takes her daughter to play and linger here, indulging in it. She said, "Talking to plants, people are empty, the heart is peaceful, and at that moment, you have the whole world." ”
Qiaoqiao, whose real name is Su Qiaoli, the hostess of the "most beautiful courtyard" in Zhejiang Province, is now a courtyard designer
Vegetable patch transformed into a "mini garden"
Qiao Qiao was originally the financial manager of a five-star hotel in Hangzhou, and his career was prosperous. In 2014, her daughter was born, and because she did not want to miss her daughter's childhood, she quit her job and returned to her hometown of Suichang to concentrate on accompanying her daughter. Although it is a rural area, it is an industrial park nearby, with a large road in front of it, a building wasteland not far away, and no park around. Qiao Qiao was very worried, and did not know where to find a place for her daughter to play.
By chance, she saw that the Ouyue planted by others was very beautiful, and she was moved, and she also bought seven pots of flower branches to plant, and since then she has "entered the pit". Hearing that it was better to plant Ou Yue directly in the field, she moved Ou Yue into her own vegetable field, and before that, she also deliberately consulted her brother who specialized in landscape design, and his brother casually drew a sketch for her, not wanting her to be dazzled: there are flowers and grasses and paths, which is completely a new world.
She planted ou yue in the picture, and surrounded the vegetable field of 20 square meters with stones, added some flowers and plants, and made a small rest area, and the vegetable field was transformed into a "mini garden". My daughter had a lot of fun piling sand, chasing butterflies, picking flowers and grass. Qiao Qiao took a beautiful photo of the garden and sent it to the circle of friends, which immediately attracted the praise of relatives and friends: Wow, so beautiful! It would have been nice to be a little bigger! There happened to be a building wasteland of almost 200 square meters next to the courtyard, and inspired by the coincidence, he decided to expand the results of the battle and build a large garden.
Since then, she has taken children during the day and studied books on gardening at night, making up for various garden knowledge, including pest management, "reading every day until midnight, more serious than the college entrance examination." Although she was born in the countryside, she never did farm work since she was a child, but since she fell in love with gardening, she has become an "all-rounder": buying flowers and trees, weaving bamboo hedges, planting flowers and grass, painting fish ponds, and even building bricks and stones. Despite waking up early and being greedy, I don't feel tired by doing what I like to do. She regarded the garden as another child of her own, and watching the garden take shape little by little, as if watching the child grow little by little, it felt "happy and full."
Winter to spring, after a few cold and summer, the garden is more and more lush, the flowers are more and more brilliant, attracting passers-by to stop: Wow, this garden is so beautiful! In 2019, Qiaoqiao Garden was named the "Most Beautiful Courtyard" in Zhejiang Province, which was exclusive in Suichang at that time. People come to admire the flowers, "When the flowers are in full bloom, the cars at the door have to queue up." "Flower lovers will ask: Where did you buy this flower? Can you sell it to me? At first, one or two people asked her if she cared, and there were more people who asked, and an idea came up: combining interests and careers, and raising flowers with flowers, it is not bad. So, the clever flower shop opened.
Improve happiness in tossing gardening
The florist business is very good, everyone spreads the word of mouth, we all know that the most beautiful and beautiful flowers are clever, and the gross profit of the day when the business is the hottest can reach thousands of yuan. Friends advised her: Hurry up and open another branch! Qiao Qiao hesitated. Of course, the business is hot, but it is too busy, "all day long in the store, less time with the children." "One day, my daughter wanted to play with her mother, and her mother was busy sorting out the shelves and didn't have time to take care of her daughter. The daughter skimmed her small mouth and blushed with grievance. Qiao Qiao was distressed and couldn't help but ask himself: Why did you go home in the first place? Why did you build this garden? Don't you want to have more time with your children? Why is it that the cart before the horse is now reversed, contrary to the original intention?
As if with a stick, she suddenly "woke up": "Money can be earned again, and her daughter's growth is only once, and if she misses it, she will miss it forever." In the midst of people's regrets, Qiaoqiao stopped the retail business. But the water came to fruition, this side just stopped, and immediately some flower friends over there asked her to help design the courtyard. The design time is flexible, and she can also accompany the children, but she is also worried in her heart: "The fun of gardening is 'tossing', your own garden can be tossed at will, and it is different to help others design." But the flower friends trust her very much and have the full right to let her "toss". She happily opened up new roles, creating one grounded garden after another. Flower lovers are happy to say: the feeling of having a garden is different!
The transformation of gardening white into a garden designer is a "windfall" for Qiaoqiao. "I don't want to do much of a career, I just want my children to have the opportunity to get close to nature, enjoy the beauty of nature, and at the same time let themselves have a favorite thing to do, not to stop completely." 」 Later, my brother who was doing garden design in Guangzhou also returned to his hometown to develop, opened a homestay, and did landscape and courtyard design, and coincidentally became a non-staff designer of his brother's company.
Beautiful courtyards bring a beautiful economy, before no one in the village took flowers and plants seriously, and every family's yard was either hardened or grown vegetables. The clever garden allowed everyone to see the power of beauty, and people began to transplant flowers and plant trees to decorate their front and back of their houses. Qiao Qiao enthusiastically shared the flowers and flowers, answered questions for everyone, and became everyone's horticultural initiator. The courtyard decorated with flowers also makes people "feel like living in a big villa", and the happiness index is greatly improved.
At the beginning of the garden, the father-in-law died unexpectedly, and the mother-in-law was once depressed. As the garden becomes more and more beautiful, the daughter always pulls her grandmother to play in the garden, and every day she is in the flowers and green grass, and the mother-in-law's mood is better. There is a swing in the garden, and the mother-in-law loves to sit on the swing in her spare time, use her mobile phone to reminisce with old friends who have not been seen for many years, and send the scenery of the garden to the circle of friends. The old friends were amazed by the beauty of the garden, and they came to the flower viewing party, and also posed various POSSs in the flowers to take beautiful photos. In the midst of laughter, the mother-in-law's face stretched out.
Let the plant soothe the sorrows of life
The daughter who grew up in the garden is particularly sensitive to the beauty of nature
Growing up in the garden, her daughter is particularly sensitive to nature, and every plant and tree in the garden is her beloved, and she takes good care of all kinds of life such as butterflies, dragonflies, small fish, and small insects. With more contact with animals and plants, the daughter is more loving and patient than children of the same age. There are often stray kittens and puppies in the garden, and the daughter carefully greets them, feeds them food, plays with them, and stages a warm scene of people and animals. In the spring, Qiaoqiao tried to let her daughter sow the seeds herself, observe the growth and change of a seed, and understand the cycle of the four seasons of nature.
For a while, her daughter had an inexplicable fear of death, and she held the withered petals and asked her mother: "When people die, will they fall like flowers?" Isn't it dark and cold? Qiao Qiao told her daughter, "The flowers are thankful, fall into the soil, become flower fertilizer, nourish the soil, and new plants will grow, blossom new flowers, and a new beauty." She wanted her daughter to know that death was not a terrible thing.
Because there is a beautiful garden, the daughter often invites children to play in the garden and do all kinds of interesting games, then Qiaoqiao became the "child king" and was the "Qiao mother" that the children liked. In the eyes of her daughter, her mother can do anything, because her mother can grow a lot of beautiful flowers! Once, the daughter suddenly said to her mother: "Thank you mother, you make the world more beautiful." Qiao Qiao was touched, holding his daughter's small face: "Thank you too, it is you who let your mother have this magic, you are the most beautiful flower in your mother's heart!" ”
Children with love are more confident, the county held a toddler speech and singing contest, and the daughter won the gold medal. Many teachers and parents come to learn from you: Why is your child so good? What interest classes did you take? "In fact, I have not reported any interest classes to my daughter, all I have done is to accompany her, accompany her to plant flowers and grass, and understand the world." In this process, the daughter naturally grows. ”
In September last year, my daughter was going to school, and I happened to take my daughter back to Hangzhou. From the countryside to the provincial city, will the daughter adapt? Qiao Qiao was worried. Unexpectedly, her daughter became the teacher's little assistant on the first day of school, and she also ran to become the class president.
Although the home in Hangzhou does not have a garden to accompany it, green plants are indispensable. The potted plants on the balcony are full of fresh vitality, interpreting spring, summer, autumn and winter. Flower friends leave a message in her circle of friends: Where there is you, there are four seasons, and where there is you, there is beauty.
Qiaoqiao's happy life makes everyone very envious, and friends ask: How can we be less unhappy and more happy? Qiao Qiao replied: "Know how to make trade-offs, content and always happy." And suggested: "Plant flowers!" The gardener's world has no worries, and plants will soothe all your sorrows. ”