A group of them would take young Chen to the hilly area around Yangming mountain located in the suburbs of Taipei. As an active and inquisitive child, he could soon recognize flowers at sight, and became familiar with their parts, such as stamen, pistil, stalk, pollen, petals and so forth.
每當父親公務繁忙之際，他便自己拿起鏟子、剪刀和灑水器，穿梭於花叢間。才不過小學三年級，陳念舟儼然已成為稱職的小園丁了。