Located next to Zhong-Er Highway, it is owned by Mr. Li Qingqin. The name "Tao Die" comes from the fact that the garden features pottery, painting, and indigo dyeing courses, and the garden is filled with colorful butterflies dancing around. The "H" in the name stands for "Home", reflecting the owner's thoughtful design. From the platform, you can see the statue of Mazu, the beautiful scenery of Zhong-Er Highway bridge, and the rural landscape, which is quite stunning. In the spring and summer seasons, amidst the vibrant flowers, you can see butterflies and flowers competing for beauty, equally stunning. The garden is widely planted with food grasses for butterfly larvae, with a diverse range of species.
By exploring the characteristics of various food grasses and nectar plants in the butterfly garden, as well as their interdependence with different species of butterflies, visitors can gain an understanding of the ecological environment and further learn about the competitive and cooperative relationships between living organisms in nature, as well as the impact of the food chain on biology and the environment. This achieves the function of ecological environment education.
In order to allow people to get closer to nature, understand the wonders and interesting life phenomena of biological organisms in nature, and inspire their interest in learning and exploration, ultimately achieving the purpose of learning through play. Based on this, the garden has created an ideal and safe outdoor natural farm and pastoral teaching garden. You can also see adorable musk pigs and white geese roaming around.
Tao Die is an open butterfly garden that can assist biology teachers from various levels of schools in conducting local and outdoor teaching. You can see various species of butterflies, such as the Common Tiger, the Broad-banded King, the Great Yellow, the Common Baron, the Malabar Banded Peacock, the Red-browed Sailor, and the Pale-banded King, among others. If you're lucky, you might even spot the protected Golden Kaiser Emperor, making it an ecologically rich educational garden.
The garden also features beautiful pottery works, small and cute, which are uniquely combined with horticultural cultivation. The owner recently promoted pottery painting and plant indigo dyeing courses for scarves, where visitors can choose their favorite plants or pigments to create a unique piece of fabric that belongs to them. The garden has excellent visibility, with a panoramic view of the Xi-Shi Township administrative center, and a glimpse of the lush green mountains. Birds sing in unison, and occasionally, you'll encounter a squirrel scurrying by, creating an interesting scene.