FEATURE: ‘Taipei’s beautician’ tends the jewels of the capital
NOT ALL ROSES: Cultivating 5,000 rose bushes in a semi-tropical environment has not been easy, but Chen Chu-feng has developed ways to overcome Taipei’s obstacles
By Cheng Ming-hsiang and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
For more than a decade, “Taipei’s beautician” Chen Chu-feng (陳主奉) has dedicated herself to making northern Taiwan’s largest rose garden a crowning jewel of the capital.
After the Taipei International Flora Expo ended in 2011, a 1.3 hectare plot in Xinsheng Park (新生公園) used to display bonsai was transformed into a diverse and vibrant rose garden.