The flowers are so beautiful,
It's not for decoration.
This girl,
I want to be myself.
……
"Nong Zha stiffness (meaning neuropathy in Shanghai dialect)"
When Li Ye decided to give up her job with a monthly salary of more than ten thousand yuan,
When I quit my job and went to play with the plants,
Her mother said this.
Before founding the "warm bath Plant Research Institute", Li Ye worked as a visual designer in a company in Shanghai. Sometimes dark and sometimes funny, she had a flower name: big coconut.
One afternoon in the spring of 2015, Li Ye was sitting in a small courtyard of her own house, the sun was warm on her face, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard were green and white, which hit her in an instant. The woman who is usually careless runs to her mother and asks, "do you have a bottle? I want to arrange flowers. "
Since then, Li Ye has become a woman who loves flower arrangement.
Li Ye at that time,
Relying on themselves and high-quality labor force - men's tickets,
I'm just risking losing my hand,
I went to the flower market and carried a bunch of flowers home.
I feel for myself,
With the foundation of previous visual designers,
Plus some wild ideas,
The skits she matches also have character.
Whether it's fresh Hydrangea,
Or the classic lotus,
It's all in Li Ye's hands.
Pruning, flower arrangement, styling
In this way, she began to get used to dealing with plants.
(meow is an exception)
After falling in love with flower art, Li Ye finds herself in a big pit: always want to learn more, want to visit all kinds of interesting flower art studios, want to know excellent horticultural masters, want to cross the border of flower art My heart is full of flowers. Until one day, she couldn't bear it any more and decided to give up her identity as a visual designer and start over again.
Once this decision was made, the elders were all blown up. They don't understand that as a designer, she could have lived a very good life, but now she is going to be a flower apprentice with a monthly salary of only two or three thousand yuan, and her income is less than a fraction of what she used to be.
At this time, Li Ye, who has been in love for seven years, chose to study in Holland. "Men's tickets, the older youth, have gone to pursue their dreams. How can I lose?" She took a deep breath and decided to go on her own way.
So I read books, went to youtube, and went to florists for advice,
She began to devote herself to the world of flowers,
But I always feel that my works are missing something.
Why don't you go for a walk in Japan and Holland,
Li Ye wants to have a look,
These two countries with different tempers are both famous for their flowers,
What magic is there?
Li Ye in Japan
In Japan, flowers are edible,
Any heguozi store has cherry blossom soup.
At the door of the grocery store,
Also floating Yingying green.
There are flowers and plants in the windows of every family in Holland,
Modern plants live in a long medieval flavor,
It's not against the law.
After traveling so far across the sea, Li yecai found that flowers and plants are not embellishments or accessories of life. From the flowers and plants, you can even see the temper of the residents in a city.
There, plants are part of life.
Back in Shanghai, there are neat parks all over the world, with no distinction of seasons, or even concrete fields; the florists are cold and reserved; every time they go to a florist, they look like "opening a business".
Li Ye suddenly understood why she always felt something missing: plants and life are separated in our city, and they are always lonely and beautiful. It's embarrassing and stiff.
A small plant research laboratory may be difficult to change a city. But if it can influence some people, it is already a happy thing.
So despite her family's opposition, Li Ye started the warm bath Plant Research Institute.
Where is the warm bath? Unlike the big names you know, it is official account of no money and no land.
The first push of "warm bath Plant Research Institute" was at 0:01 a.m. on July 1, 2015. A month later, the official account has received 3065 attention and a number of encouraging messages. Although the original intention is just interest, it has gradually become the basis of Li Ye's understanding of the world for more than half a year.
Why is it called warm bath plant institute?
There is no answer to this question. It comes from an accidental combination,
It's reminiscent of the warmth and humidity of the greenhouse.
But it is not clear.
Li Ye likes things that are not clear.
There is no fixed space,
You can also have fun.
Although there are flowers, grass and skills in the public name, Li Ye doesn't want to make the warm bathhouse into an ordinary florist, let alone a platform for skill exchange. She wants people to express themselves through flowers.
So on the 19th day of its founding, the Institute of warm bath plants conducted an experiment, "how wonderful is the world, but why can flowers only be given to others in the name of love or festivals?"
Immediately, the backstage was bombed by messages.
So many people have the same idea,
It turns out that the beauty of flowers and plants is not decoration,
It's melting into every detail of life.
Originally, a moment of emotion, a moment of sadness,
Every bit of bitterness and happiness is worth a flower blooming for you.
Only with the heart of obsession can we change the flower of obsession.
Last winter, a boy came to Li Ye and said,
"I want the feeling of light snow season!"
He wants to give it to the girl he likes,
She feels like snow.
So on the day of the light snow solar term,
Li Ye breaks away from the warm quilt,
I won an octagonal gold plate.
I made this bunch of cool colors,
Free growing flowers: snow season.
Li Ye once arranged flowers for a couple's wedding,
Flowers and materials are going to be cheap and good,
Only the "bridal flower" among them,
Light pink, very fairy, no affectation.
The bridegroom was not a moat, but secretly told him,
The budget can be discussed again,
But it must be fresh and comfortable,
Let her have the feeling of being held in the palm of her hand. It was the most beautiful wedding Li ye had ever seen.
Small fresh, flower box, high-end exquisite, colorful rose
These are not Li Ye dishes.
She wants to do something more interesting and cool.
The inspiration of this floral work,
It comes from Zweig's the world of yesterday,
It is one of the series of ten books and flowers,
Li Ye tried to pass through plants,
To express the rich connotation of different books.
There are even some small experiments in the "Research Institute".
Dissatisfied with the heavy plant containers on the market,
They found degradable log nursery pots and degradable lunch boxes,
Play with your own little pot experiment,
It also catches up with the fashion of new biodegradable materials.
Small flowerpot made of degradable material
Interest has come,
Pick a handful of basil leaves,
Summon the little friends of the warm bathhouse,
Make a low-fat and delicious spring salad.
Who says flowers can only be seen?
The warm bathhouse has also developed a lot of delicious food made of herbs.
Salad dressing and spicy bread made from basil leaves
To be cool,
Is there anything cooler than a flower tattoo sticker?
In a plant market with more than 170 people,
Cool tattoo artists, thick glasses engineers,
Surprisingly,
Many of them didn't care about plants before,
Because of the warm bath, their heart just opened a flower.
There are more and more activities in the warm bathhouse,
In Beijing,
Held off-line flower activities for Halloween.
In Shanghai,
We had a good time together
Christmas with flowers and delicious food.
Plants, flower art, food, independent art, original design, experience and social interaction have never been separated.
Many people think that flowers and plants are the things that little girls only play with. Li Ye's efforts have not let the warm bathhouse fall into the trap of xiaoqingxin.
Where there is gender difference in plants, please get rid of worldly prejudice! A bunch of cool black roses can also be put on the assistant driver of the taxi master; the big brother of the locomotive embraces the pink roses, which is so gentle that it makes people move.
Li Ye is more looking forward to let you feel the charm of plants in the physical space, as well as those stories that exude the fragrance of flowers.
She decided to create the first thematic garden of the warm bath Botanical Institute, the Spring Awakening garden.
Have you ever seen the grass stretch and break through the ground? That's when grass wakes up. And the garden that Li Ye wants to create will also become the oxygen bar of the city, so that the friends who come here can stretch and relax themselves.
To this end, Li Ye and her team went to many places in Shanghai, and finally found a large terrace in the air at the corner of the city center. They began to imagine the garden.
Geographical environment around the garden
The terrace is more than 300 square meters in total,
You can see Longhua temple to the south.
There are no tall buildings around,
As soon as the sun comes out, the sky is clear.
Site / place of Spring Awakening Garden: moyou space
In the future, it will be divided into "commons",
Open air Movie Salon, friends dinner,
Can be realized in the garden.
Garden design intention
Experimental small talk theater, outdoor flower art sharing meeting,
Plant market, garden reading meeting
Any way of literature and art should be accompanied by fragrance.
Garden design intent 2
It's going to be a spice garden,
Mentha haplocalyx, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Spiraea lanolina
Thyme, rosemary, lavender
More than 50 kinds of plants and spices you've heard of / haven't heard of
It's going to fill this big terrace, and as soon as you walk through the door,
It's like bumping into a fairy tale world by mistake, and the fragrance is intoxicating.
The warm bathhouse is preparing the plants already planted for the garden construction
As a foodstuff, how can beautiful scenery be enough?
Spices / herbs in pastries,
We're going to offer you a sweet rosemary pastry,
Inspired by the orange scented cardamom Madeleine from Vietnam,
Add the spicy brownie with strong impact.
Salad dressing and spicy bread made from basil leaves
It's enough for baking enthusiasts to bring skillful hands and stomach,
All the tools are ready for you.
Homemade orange cardamom Madeline, freshly ground cardamom powder
It's going to be a roof garden,
Have you ever seen a one meter Mini garden?
Eclipta, sesame, Cherry Radish, okra
Pick it at will, cut it fresh and juicy,
Mix in the freshest sunshine and dry the vegetable juice,
Who says herbivorous can't revel?
You want a semi private space,
Then call three or two friends to have a drink,
Phase drunk in the spring.
Or come alone and do nothing,
Plenty of fresh air for you to breathe freely,
Wash the lung pain all over!
Li Ye launched the crowdfunding of Spring Awakening garden in order to make the garden fully experience and share. I hope you and he who love plants can come to a corner of the city, look up and have a good look at the sky of the city, bend over and smell the soothing fragrance, close your eyes and feel the spring spread on every inch of skin.
You know, the charm of plants is not only its own beauty, but also to attract more plant lovers to get together and wake up people's buried passion for life.
Every flower, because of the time you spend on it,
And become more precious.
Why don't you try to stop,
wake