As Li Yueh-chen explains, her father is worried that selling the gardens might mean they would be converted to some other use if land prices were to rise; only donating them to the government will ensure the plants 'continued survival.
李月甄解釋，對李堅而言，賣給商人，難保將來土地增值而毀園移做他用，唯有捐給政府，才能使這一草一木生生不息。