Where is the warmth of Shanghai, which builds an "ecological springboard" for the little creatures
Wang Moling, Dong Xue, Xu Dongyuan
"It is a good thing that more and more habitat gardens are naturally good. They are like'ecological springboards' in the city. They will form a continuous ecological corridor for small animals to jump back and forth." The experts praised the habitat gardens. , Has recently become the top ten "golden ideas" of Shanghai's ecological environment.
In the future, the story of "desolate corners of old communities and transforming habitat gardens" will be staged in Shanghai more and more frequently.
Provided a drinking place for a tired bird, and made a home for the weasel who accidentally "breaked in". The story that happened in Shanghai's first habitat garden makes people can't help but imagine: when the "ecological springboard" connects dots into a line , Draw lines and face, Shanghai will tell the ecological story of what kind of "magical animals are here".
"This is the first time I saw a bird bath when I was 92 years old"
As the first community in Shanghai to have a habitat garden, the residents of Hongxu Community in Changning District saw it as "it seems that they were suddenly drawn in and accepted by nature."
"Secretary Secretary, I saw the bird take a bath today. This is the first time I saw a bird take a bath when I was 92 years old." said Wu Hongping, secretary of the Party branch of the Hongxu residential area. This sentence is after the completion of the Habitat Garden. The most moving sentence she heard from the residents was, "I didn't expect a small habitat garden to give a 92-year-old grandma a whole new life experience. What a rare thing."
A pink water lily is blooming in the pond. The fat toad is a "frequent visitor" here. It likes to jump from the grass to the lotus leaf when the residents are near, so that the aunts who watch the lotus will again Surprised and delighted.
Next to the pond is a floating watering platform, flying from one park to another. This is a rare resting place for the birds. They take a bath, drink and drink. More than 40 species of birds have visited here, according to humans. According to the standards, this is probably a "traffic station" for urban birds.
There are native species in the garden, as well as fruits and vegetables adopted by the residents of the community, as well as a small piece of "wasteland" with bare soil, which is specially set aside by the residents after listening to the popular science lectures.
"Ecologists told us that butterflies not only suck pollen, but also like to eat the minerals and salt in the soil. One day I saw a group of butterflies'eating soil' here. It was so interesting." Children in Hongxu Community Pour out all the "spectacles" that I saw in the Habitat Garden.
The biggest gain of a city that accepts nature is to be accepted by nature.
“As a person living in a city, it’s easy to forget that he is also a part of nature, but the Habitat Garden awakens our instinctive memory.” Wu Hongping said, apart from the grandmother who was moved by seeing the bird bathing, she also said with a smile Because the uncle who "cured the cervical spondylosis" from watching the squirrels jumping around under the tree every day, and found the weasel who wanted to "get rid of it", but learned that the weasel eats the mice in the community and chose to silently" Residents who stayed in.
"The small garden breaks our prejudice against nature, and we are also honored to see the little creatures who are not resisting'living' with us."
"Not tired, not tired, it's like my back garden"
The Habitat Garden forms a small recyclable ecosystem, which realizes the integration of ecological construction and residents' autonomy, and establishes a benign interactive circulation system between people.
Wu Hongping felt deeply about this.
"A few days after I first came to Hongxu residential area as the secretary, a reporter from the TV station came to interview me and asked me what I think about a plot in the corner of the community that has a lot of complaints. I said dumbfounded, I am The newcomer was broadcasted as a result, it was too shameful, haha." Wu Hongping recalled with a smile.
And the land that once left her "humiliating" memories is the place now transformed into a habitat garden.
This was originally a “dead spot” in the unmanaged city outside the surrounding walls of the community. Over time, it became a dump of debris and garbage. Residents living in nearby buildings have many opinions, but because of the issue of land ownership, they have been not solved.
"We first worked a lot to break through the wall and manage the plot. Later, with the advice of professional organizations, the idea of a habitat garden came into being." Wu Hongping said.
After the completion of the garden, the daily maintenance needs to be done by the residents themselves.
Over the years, several residents who complained about and did not want to deal with neighborhood committees have become the most enthusiastic ones to sign up for the volunteer team.
The aunt who once refused to communicate with the cadres in the residential area and "complained if they didn't agree with each other", on the day of the opening of the park, she brought out freshly brewed coffee from her home one after another to entertain those who visited the Habitat Garden, and even prepared to wash them in advance. Share the net melons and fruits with everyone.
The staff in the residential area was afraid that she would be tired and let her rest, but the aunt waved her hand and said, "Not tired or tired. It's like my back garden. How can we not entertain guests when they come?"
The residents of Hongxu really took the matter of the Habitat Garden as their own affairs.
Resident volunteers take care of this garden carefully every day and throughout the year: You contribute vegetable planting experience, he puts forward flower cultivation suggestions, rightes a small tree that was blown down by wind and rain, "rescue" a branch that was about to be crushed by the fruit The branches and vines... this triangular habitat garden has become an "immersive" biology "science class" for the children in the community, a place for the elderly to go out of the house and embrace socializing, and become a place for young people to "cannot pass without punching in." Community "net celebrity attractions".
"The melons and fruits we grow will be given to elderly people in the community who are inconvenient to go out." Wu Hongping said, "At Hongxu, as long as you mention the Habitat Garden, everyone's heart is warm. This is a place that can melt people's hearts."
"This golden idea is worth copying and promoting!"
The Habitat Garden, which Hongxu residents say, "makes people in other communities drool" is just the beginning.
In a review meeting of Shanghai’s top ten “golden ideas” on the ecological environment in 2021, hundreds of Shanghai residents’ suggestions on the ecological environment were repeatedly screened: “Can you build a green and ecological water-saving community?” “Can you come? An ecological theme bicycle race" "Shanghai environmental protection publicity still needs to consider the online and offline integration"... Among many suggestions, "the old community abandoned corners to transform the habitat garden" was affirmed by many judges: "This golden idea It's worth copying and promoting!"
The key to good recommendations is implementation.
This year, in the area where the Hongxu residential area is located, 7 habitat gardens will be completed.
These freshly released designs that fully integrate the views of the masses are either located in the middle of two larger urban parks, or distributed in high-rise buildings, light rails, and elevated forests. These areas lack animals such as birds, butterflies, and insects. Corridor for normal migration.
"These habitat gardens built using the'offcuts' of urban space will become precious'ecological springboards' for small animals to migrate back and forth. As more and more'springboards' are connected, one by one will be able to form a The small animals continue to recycle the urban ecological network.” said Wang Fang, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Fudan University.
If you compare a city to a sea area, for the little creatures cruising in the city, the Habitat Garden may be an island for replenishment.
On this island, what witnesses is not only the meticulous effort of Shanghai’s ecological construction, but also the extreme care of an international metropolis for life and all things. What makes people feel most warm is that everyone’s suggestions and participation Next, there are too many stories about acceptance, understanding, mutual help, and respect between man and nature, and between man and man.
In the future, the ecological story of Shanghai will be continued and will be even more exciting.