"Lost" in the land of the fairies

Rows of areca trees, tea trees, five-color leaves and rows of moss-covered rocks bearing the mark of village roads, alleys and gardens in the Fairyland. Photo: THUY HIEN

One hot summer day, we returned to the poetic land of Tien… we lost our way in the lush, shady fruit gardens, next to the ancient stone walls, where green buds are stretching to find life. Almost every year, the people and the government of Tien Phuoc district have won high prizes in the “beautiful gardens - walls - roads” contest.

Beautiful wall

The boulders are meticulously arranged, one next to the other, forming a solid structure over the years. Photo: THUY HIEN

Coming to Mr. Le Truong Khuong's house (village 2, Tien Canh commune, Tien Phuoc), visitors will be amazed by the two sides of the fence and the gate bearing the mark of the ancient land of Tien.

The stone wall was painstakingly built by Mr. Khuong and his wife. Photo: THUY HIEN

Stone walls and stone steps over 30 years old lead to Mr. Khuong's house. Photo: THUY HIEN

“Since 1992, after finishing the house, in addition to hiring workers, my wife and I also dug up rocks from the mountain, piled up soil into long, thick walls, and planted rows of green tea, Chinese tea, areca trees, and flowers along both sides of the alley. Every morning at 4 a.m., some of us were upstairs, some were downstairs, sweeping, tending, pruning… People came to visit and compliment us, my wife and I were very happy!” - Mr. Khuong said.

Each gap is where a tiny sprout nestles in the rock and soil, growing green, adding vitality to the wall. Photo: THUY HIEN

Mr. Khuong and his wife regularly take care of their garden. Photo: THUY HIEN

The small path leading to Mr. Khuong's house is shaded by areca trees, with rows of Chinese tea, green tea and colorful flowers and leaves. Photo: THUY HIEN

[ VIDEO ] - Stone wall in front of Mr. Khuong's house:

“The stone wall work by Mr. Le Truong Khuong has just won the first prize for “beautiful wall” at the provincial level in 2025. This is also the result of the hard-working and creative hands of farmers with many stages of digging stones, layering, and taking care to preserve the space of the ancient Fairyland in the midst of constantly changing times.

Beautiful garden

Welcoming visitors to Mr. Hue's poetic garden is a straight alley lined with green pepper trees. Photo: THUY HIEN

Crossing the suspension bridge to the garden of more than 1.5 hectares of Mr. Nguyen Van Hue's house (village 3, Tien Canh commune, Tien Phuoc district), you will be immersed in a cool green space, enough to dispel the hot summer days.

Next to the dry haystack, areca trees are in bloom, bananas are full of fruit, grapefruits are laden with branches... Mr. Hue's "fairy garden" appears in the middle of a summer day. Photo: THUY HIEN

On the gentle hillsides, we encountered rows of pepper trees that had been growing for more than 10 years, interspersed with newly planted mangosteens and durians; more than 2,000 areca trees growing tall; lush green banana gardens with long, laden clusters of fruit; guavas, oranges, green-skinned grapefruits, pomelos, longans… bearing fruit in the flowering and fruiting season. When summer comes, the clear blue river nearby embraces and cools the immense “fairy garden”.

The garden is full of fruit trees all year round. Photo: THUY HIEN

Referring to the garden that he has been attached to for nearly 40 years and just won the second prize for the "beautiful garden" at the provincial level in 2025, Mr. Hue excitedly said: "Since 1986, I started to transform this wasteland into a mixed garden. I hired a bulldozer, turned the hill into layers, piled up rocks and soil into steps, then planted bananas, then cinnamon. In 2014, I switched to growing pepper, areca and fruit trees. The garden is now green all year round, each crop has its own fruit, not only beautiful but also brings in an income of more than 100 million VND/year".

Mr. Hue takes care of planting a new crop of areca trees in the garden. Photo: THUY HIEN

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After the Provincial People's Committee issued a plan to organize the "beautiful garden - wall - road" contest, Tien Canh Commune People's Committee launched and encouraged people to participate in the contest. Households responded enthusiastically because in the people's awareness, taking care of houses, fences, gates, and gardens has existed for a long time. At the same time, the contest also meets the criteria of the new rural construction program, orienting the development of eco-tourism, and developing the garden economy in Tien Phuoc. Therefore, in recent years, the number of households registering to participate in the contest is quite large and Tien Canh Commune is also one of the leading localities in terms of award quality.

Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Duong - Vice Chairman of Tien Canh Commune People's Committee

Beautiful road

DH2.TP route (Tien An commune, Tien Phuoc district) won the Encouragement prize for beautiful provincial roads in 2025. Photo: THUY HIEN

Like a dreamy silk strip across the fields and people's gardens, the DH2.TP road through the center of Tien An commune is 5.5m wide, 1.3km long, solidly concreted, planted with straight areca trees interspersed with rows of green tea, Chinese tea, and colorful leaves...

The road is covered in green dotted with yellow and red flower petals, creating a cool, peaceful and beautiful space. Photo: THUY HIEN

Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Tung - Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Tien An commune said that in order to have poetic roads, in 2018 - 2019, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Tien An commune launched and supported 10,000 VND/areca tree for 5 households to plant along this road.

At the same time, the local government also supported people to install solar lights, build economic models, decorate gardens, gates, and stone steps... to implement the "smart mass mobilization" model on DH2.TP road (belonging to the model new rural residential area of ​​village 4). This is also a self-managed road with the "clean house - beautiful garden" linkage model of the Women's Union of Tien An commune.

Next to the shady DH2.TP road is an orchard, with a flock of Muscovy ducks next to a fish pond... creating a poetic ecological village picture. Photo: THUY HIEN

On both sides of the road are fields, lotus ponds, areca rows and model gardens. Photo: THUY HIEN

On this road DH2.Tien An city, every step or turn of the wheel can feel the transformation of a countryside that is becoming more and more spacious, green - clean - beautiful, closely linked to modern life but still preserving the soul of the countryside of Tien An.

[VIDEO] - Sharing of Tien Phuoc residents about beautiful gardens - walls - roads:

The countryside has changed, on both sides of the road have been concreted with rows of green areca trees, rows of tea trees with solar powered lamp posts, signs, trash cans... Photo: THUY HIEN

In the 2025 provincial "Beautiful Gardens - Walls - Roads" competition, there were 63 award-winning categories (21 beautiful garden categories, 21 beautiful fence and gate categories, 21 beautiful road categories). Of which, Tien Phuoc district won 1 Second Prize and 4 Encouragement Prizes for "beautiful gardens"; 1 First Prize, 1 Second Prize and 3 Encouragement Prizes for "beautiful walls"; and 2 Encouragement Prizes for the "beautiful roads" competition.

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/lac-loi-giua-xu-tien-3155311.html