The author of this book is the chief gardener of the Grand Garden of Versailles, France, which I discovered only after I was interested in the author and went to see the author's introduction. This title sounds very powerful! I have never been to France, but I have heard of Versailles Garden. What is the weight of the chief gardener? We don't know, and we don't talk nonsense. However, it is really overqualified to think that I used the works of a master gardener to save my flowers and plants (a reasonable excuse not to get flowers and plants first). So, saving flowers and plants was forgotten by me, thinking that I would wait until I met the right book. Since this book is more beautiful than flowers and plants, it is better to read it first.
What's so interesting about Garden Dictionary? For me, the warmth of it, the true feelings of the author, lies in the sound made by the author for these flowers and trees on the basis of understanding and caring for them-and I heard it.
Of course, the author speaks not only for plants, but also for insects and humans.
The author thanked the bees at the beginning, which made my eyes shine. Most of the authors of the books I have read thank their families or friends, but it is the first time I have seen them thank bees. But after listening to the author's warm feelings, I feel that there is no sense of disobedience. Worthy of being a master gardener, the author is so affectionate about everything in the garden. After I saw this passage about bees, I was accompanied by a small illustration of bees. I wonder if it was painted by the author. When I realized that I had begun to guess these little things that I didn't want to do with the theme of the book, but were strongly related to the author, I found that I began to have a deep interest in the author.
how amazing? It's just a short thank-you note for the bee, which turns me into a reader who "accidentally" bought his book. I can't help admiring the author's literature and art. After reading the first garden entry-the introduction of the local customs domestication zoo, I was moved by the author's deep humanistic care. Established in Paris in 186, the Terrace Domestication Zoo was originally intended to show the citizens of Paris the animals captured from foreign countries, but who would have thought that Indians and Lapps were also on display, and they were shown to visitors as a whole family. Unfortunately, the spectators didn't think there was anything wrong with it ...
Ten years later, the Franco-Prussian War broke out and the zoo was forced to close. All the animals inside were sent to high-end restaurants, and the Indian and Lapp families that had been displayed were missing. But the "Barbarian Exhibition" did not stop because of the war. After the war, the zoo rallied and exhibited several complete African families ...
Sadly, this cruel exhibition activity was not transformed into a garden until the 193s. But the author bluntly said that he didn't like the garden. After reading this, I guess it's because its heavy past can't let the author go. Indeed, it's just that the author expresses it more accurately. In his book, he writes: I have always been very concerned about the history of the garden (local and domesticated zoo). I can't and I don't want to ignore the children, women and men who are exhibited to meet the pockets of businessmen.
As @ Cai Wanzi, a gardening writer, garden traveler and life aesthetics promoter, said in his recommendation:
"This book is not only a guide, but also a collection of affectionate gardens; Looking at the world through the garden, we can not only see the knowledge of plants, but also see the history and stories of the garden; It allows us to enjoy all kinds of gardens around the world and see the deep soul among them without leaving home. "
Versailles
is not only the soul of the garden, but also the soul writer of trees and bamboos.
"Trees represent life. It produces oxygen for us to breathe, prevents soil erosion, and leaves provide shelter for thousands of small animals, which has a vital impact on our environment. Trees calm people. It is said that touching bark for a long time is good for physical and mental health. "
In the author's eyes, trees are unusual creatures. Trees grow taller, generate energy and store water through their own cell division. For example, baobabs can store 1, liters of water. Reading this, my daughter cheered "Wow! I want to insert a tube in the baobab tree. " In addition, the area of trees exposed to the sun is amazing. The exposed area of human beings is about 2 square meters, and the exposed area of an ordinary tree, including its roots, leaves and trunk, can reach 2 hectares!
baobab tree
When it comes to bamboo, as a Frenchman, the author first agrees that it is a plant with auspicious meaning, which is consistent with our views in China. Secondly, bamboo is famous for its rapid growth. Among more than 1, bamboo varieties, some varieties can grow one meter a day. There is also a kind of black bamboo. After two years of growth, its stem will turn purple-black. (This reminds me of sugar cane.) The author loves bamboo very much, and because bamboo flowers are very special. Bamboo has no flowering period and is willful. It belongs to the Style of opening whenever it pleases.
The author * * * has carefully compiled nearly 2 interesting entries with high knowledge density and strong stories. Its content is not only related to gardens and plants, but also covers architecture, art and literature. This special little book ("little book" is a nickname, in fact, it is not small. Since it is a dictionary, it must be thick-the book has 58 pages and 324, words). I carefully put it on the bedside table, took out my long-cherished bookmark and put it in. I can't bear to read a few pages before going to bed every day. In my daughter's words, just like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie treats his hard-won beloved chocolate and licks it every day.