The largest bonsai village in the North 'starts over' after storm No. 3

10/26/2024 | 09:57

TPO – After storm No. 3, people in the flower and ornamental plant village of Phung Cong commune, Van Giang district (Hung Yen) switched to growing short-term flower varieties such as roses, gerberas, chrysanthemums, etc. to quickly earn income and gradually restore production.

VIDEO: The largest ornamental plant nursery in the North strives to revive after the storm.

One month after storm No. 3 (Yagi), green has gradually returned to Phung Cong flower and ornamental plant village, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province.

Over the past 30 days, people in Phung Cong flower village have been working hard to improve the soil, restore gardens and invest in new plant varieties to revive the craft village.

Famous for its perennial ornamental plants such as tea, banyan, fig, fig, lily, orchid... but after storm No. 3, the people here decided to switch to growing short-term flowers such as chrysanthemum, rose, poinsettia, gerbera... to quickly recover and harvest in time for Tet.

Mr. Tran Van Dao (Van Giang, Hung Yen) shared that when the floodwaters rose, his entire garden was submerged, causing severe damage. For the past month, he had to go to many places to buy plant varieties such as tea, gerbera, chrysanthemum, etc. to plant and sell in time for Tet 2025.

After days of hard work, the tea trees in Mr. Dao's garden have begun to sprout and grow.

“The disaster is over, now all we can do is try to start over. Every penny we earn is precious, helping our family recover after the storm,” Mr. Dao shared.

Like Mr. Dao, Mr. Nguyen The Vinh (Van Giang, Hung Yen) is also rushing to plant new varieties of plants, mainly flowers that can be harvested in 2-4 months.

Hundreds of pots of raspberry chrysanthemums began to grow green and healthy.

Mr. Pham Trung Vuong said that over the past month, he has been under great pressure to save the remaining ornamental plants after the flood. He even had to import seedlings from the South to replant his garden, while he was uncertain about the output.

Mr. Vuong's garden has all kinds of trees such as figs, ornamental banana flowers, camellias, chrysanthemums, etc. "I don't know what the market will be like next time, but at this time I just try to plant enough trees to cover the garden and keep it green and healthy," Mr. Vuong confided.

From above, green has gradually returned to the gardens in Phung Cong flower village.

People try to take care of trees and restore gardens after the storm.

Speaking to Tien Phong newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Tri - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Phung Cong commune (Van Giang district, Hung Yen) said that the recent flood damaged 90% of the local ornamental plant area; estimated damage was more than 800 million VND/hectare.

“To reproduce and restore the ornamental plant area, the Commune People's Committee has asked people to disinfect the land; repair the technical infrastructure system and cultivate short-term ornamental plants, helping people have income at the end of the year,” Mr. Nguyen Quoc Tri added.

Duc Nguyen