The 68-year-old man spent 10 years transforming the abandoned forest farm into a beautiful garden, which amazed foreign magazines.

When Paeonia lactiflora was young, I was full of yearning for the garden, because many romantic fairy tales took place in the garden, so I had the dream of flower fairy every day.

Later, after a long time of contact with flowers and plants, I realized that the maintenance of the garden required a lot of painstaking efforts, not overnight.

When we grew up and the dream of the garden drifted away, there was an old Chinese man who spent 10 years' painstaking efforts to turn an abandoned forest farm into a beautiful European garden, which was admired by foreign magazines....

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When it comes to the manor, there is a picture in mind of European aristocrats dressed in gorgeous clothes, shuttling through the castle, with a large lawn, a fountain pool in the center and flowers on both sides of the road.

In the popular online British drama Downton Abbey

Love and hate entanglements between families

It happened in an old and solemn manor.

Photo: stills of "Downton Abbey"

In the movie Atonement, except for the actress's stunning green dress

There are also a lot of hazy and dreamy manor scenes.

The men and women ran on the grass, beating their hearts in front of the fountain pool.

Photo: stills of "Atonement"

Especially the flourishing garden.

When people walk through it, they are surrounded by flowers from head to toe.

It's like walking into the world of fairy tales.

Photo: stills of "Atonement"

Such a romantic manor seems to exist only in foreign countries, only in the aristocracy, in fact, most people do not know that in Maanshan, Anhui Province, China, there is an European garden comparable to a large area of European garden-three trees Manor.

Beautiful Home, the largest living magazine in the United States, awarded the "Best Vision Award" to the estate and commented:

This garden hidden in the bamboo forest is broad, majestic and full of European style. Even if it is placed in the West, it will be amazing.

What kind of manor is it that foreign experts admire one after another?

Drive a few kilometers along the winding road to the east from Maanshan City, and you will enter the green mountain area.

Dozens of kilometers around is a dense primeval forest, in which there is a lush bamboo forest. Do not underestimate this bamboo forest, push open a small iron door, behind is a unique hole in the world.

The first thing that came into view was a tortuous corridor.

Ancient Greek style sculptures guard on both sides

The weather-beaten stone steps lead to the depths of the flowers

The sunflower welcomed the visitors with a warm smile.

The first surprise is three-dimensional

Rose promenade

The flowers that grow wantonly form a huge "flower wall"

The fragrance of the flowers is intoxicating.

Walking up the aisle, the field of vision suddenly broadened.

In front of us is a flat, wide, well-maintained ornamental lawn

Surrounded by high and low flowers

A wild and natural style

Spread all the way from the feet to the top of the head.

Although he was fascinated by the indiscriminate flowers.

But the most eye-catching thing in the audience was Rose.

The pink flowers are like clouds and fog

The exuberant vitality is amazing.

A breeze is blowing.

The broken petals fall one after another

The gravel road beneath your feet

At that moment, I understood the true meaning of "falling in profusion".

Not far from the lawn is another big star of the manor--

Two triangular plums that have been taken good care of.

A fiery tree full of flowers

Burned through the whole yard.

If you come in April and May, you can still see one more.

Yu Meiren

Gently shake the delicate waist in the breeze

All kinds of amorous feelings are cute.

The European church with a spire stands high.

The flowers by the wall are not afraid of majesty.

Add French romance to the church.

Step up to the koi pool and waterfall area

Different from the romantic luxury of the European manor

This place is full of simple and quiet Zen.

Among the flowers and plants, the waterfall falls down the mountain.

The gurgling water gathers in the pond

Many koi are swaying their fiery red posture

Walking through the lotus leaves in summer.

Keep going up, and you will find the origin of the name of the manor--

Three ancient holly trees are distributed in the shape of "product".

The trunk is stout, with intertwined roots, branches and leaves.

It has the momentum of becoming a forest of three trees.

It was foggy at night

Three old trees have an extra fairy spirit.

It's like a mysterious magnetic field.

On the last floor, the manor gives the space back to nature.

Let the wild luxuriant bamboo forest grow wantonly

Soar into the sky in the morning fog, creating a quiet atmosphere

It is reminiscent of the scene of the movie Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger.

There is a crystal clear swimming pool beside the bamboo grove.

While enjoying the serenity of the bamboo forest

Have a nice swim at the same time

It is the best way to relieve heat in hot summer.

The manor is not only a paradise for flowers and plants, but also a utopia for rare animals. The comfortable climate and environment here have attracted many animals to settle down here.

Two peacocks strut in the lawn

They look idle as if they are the owners here.

If you are lucky, you can still see the peacock open the screen.

Compete with flowers.

There is a swan pool on the east side of the lawn

Two black swans are swimming in the water

Like a cold princess.

There are still many birds building nests here.

The crisp singing of birds spread all over the manor.

For the convenience of flower friends who have come from afar

The manor has also set up accommodation and coffee shops.

Also full of the beauty of nature.

Photo Source: three Tree Manor

This amazing private manor is not the work of a landscape designer, but from a 68-year-old man, Zhang Taipei, who is affectionately known as "Lao Zhang".

Before building the garden, he had not learned anything about gardening. With his love and yearning for nature, he made ten years of painstaking efforts to transform the abandoned forest farm into a beautiful garden.

Photo source: "good Home" magazine, Photography: Huang Chongyang

Lao Zhang's garden dream was planted from a very young age.

His grandfather was the last heir to Zhang Hengchun, a century-old brand.

I like to play with flowers and plants in my spare time.

His grandfather gave him a small piece of land

Let him plant some flowers and vegetables himself.

He is addicted to observing the process of plant germination and growth.

Fell in love with nature ever since.

Decades later, Lao Zhang became a well-known entrepreneur

The life is busy, the mental pressure is very great.

But he still loves to record nature with his camera.

For more than 20 years,

Drive more than 600,000 kilometers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Went deep into the hinterland of Xizang 14 times

40 visits to the West Sichuan Plateau

Take 100000 magnificent photos of the scenery

And held his own photo exhibition.

In 2002, Lao Zhang accidentally learned

A forest farm on the outskirts of Maanshan is rented out.

He examined the eight mu wasteland carefully

He said, "it was desolate when I first entered the garden."

The park has been left unattended for many years

The garden is full of barren grass, yellow leaves, and down and out. "

"but the whole yard is full of wild beauty.

Simple vicissitudes of life and natural harmony

There is no fat powder that bulldozes the garden on the flat ground.

I fell in love with this place at first sight. "

He especially likes the three old trees in the forest farm.

The whole family sat in the shade of the tree

Mother sighed: how nice these three trees are!

This is the origin of the name "three trees" of the manor

Lao Zhang is determined to build this place into a dream garden.

But he has no professional knowledge of gardening.

I don't know anything about architecture and design.

What should we do in the face of these 8 mu of wasteland?

After thinking hard, he decided to put aside all his concerns and framework

Take the nature itself as the inspiration, make changes while constructing.

He adheres to the principle of respecting nature

The change is just a homeopathy guide.

This abandoned forest farm is built on the hills.

On this basis, Lao Zhang divided the space into five layers.

Aisle, main lawn, koi pond and waterfall, three old trees, bamboo grove and swimming pool

The red roof building and the European church are located in it.

With classical sculptures and retro tables and chairs

Strong classical European style and quiet and leisurely Chinese style

The two complement each other

In order to make the garden like spring all the year round

Lao Zhang grows more than 1000 kinds of flowers and plants

Deliberately staggered florescence

There are different amorous feelings all year round.

In order to make the tropical plant Prunus triangulata survive the cold winter

Lao Zhang made great efforts to design a semi-mobile greenhouse.

Put on a "cotton-padded coat" for triangular plum when the weather is cold.

More careful than taking care of a newborn baby.

The characteristics of the three ancient trees are vigorous and simple

The paranoid Lao Zhang must find ancient bricks to match them.

He found several green brick houses in the nearby village

400 yuan to buy old bricks and tiles

It took two months to polish them neatly

This is how they are surrounded by old trees.

Photo Source: three Tree Manor

Every plant, every tree, every brick and tile in this garden

It was all planted, polished and built by Lao Zhang.

10 years, 3650 days and nights

The stars change, the plants wither and flourish, and the wind blows and the sun shines.

Only Lao Zhang, the pure heart of a child, did not waver.

Photo source: "good Home" magazine, Photography: Huang Chongyang

Today's Lao Zhang lives a life that everyone envies.

Wake up to the sound of birds singing

Take a morning swim in the pool in the bamboo grove.

Drinking tea and reading in the garden in the morning

In the afternoon, water flowers, mow lawns, feed fish and swans

He likes to do two things best.

One is to spend two hours squatting on the grass.

Look for weeds one by one, and then pull them out.

Another thing is to play with my granddaughter in the garden.

Introduce her to roses, peonies and magnolia in detail.

Plant a garden dream in the bottom of the little girl's heart

Photo source: "good Home" magazine, Photography: Huang Chongyang

In the eyes of others, the 68-year-old Lao Zhang has a successful career.

You can enjoy peace and happiness at home.

But he pays more attention to the spiritual world beyond wealth.

That is the garden dream he pursued all his life.

So in his early years,

Pay one's own wealth and painstaking efforts

Feedback to nature, return to peace of mind

This is the perfect life, yearning for life.

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The picture in the article is licensed from three Tree Manor and the good Life magazine.