新竹經國路上有一棟透天厝,拔地長起一棵高大的鳳凰花樹,夏天花開時,常惹得路過行人駐足觀賞,大家不知道的是,這個「大樹之家」,其實出了兩代知名樹醫生。




大樹之家

說這個家是「大樹之家」,還因為他們四代同堂穩穩地在新竹紮根,既承襲了先人的風采,又不斷冒出新枝;已過世的老阿公楊甘陵是台灣第一位領有日本證照的樹醫,他將衣缽交棒到長孫女楊淳婷手上; 93歲老阿媽楊黃月英潛心修道;70歲的媳婦陳秋香挺過九二一大地震與家族的震盪,以日式教育方式嚴謹持家;孫子楊宗翰與孫媳婦吳雅婷為這個家族開枝散葉帶來了三個寶貝,讓這個大樹家族搖曳生姿。


陳秋香與孩子們的關係

楊福培是楊甘陵家的獨子,與陳秋香婚後接手家族的水泥業,兩人打拼事業,疏忽了與孩子們的關係。九二一地震時,經營得風生水起的水泥廠出貨困難,楊福培在趕完貨後,心肌梗塞猝逝,他豪爽的性格與作風,給家人留下了無限的思念。妻子陳秋香收拾起傷痛,立刻著手處理家業,而喪子的楊甘陵先生,全心投入照顧大樹的志業。

四十來歲喪夫後,陳秋香以果決強勢的作風來維繫這個家,不知不覺造成了孩子心頭的壓抑,正如每個家庭一般,父母與子女間有著最深的牽掛也有著難以言喻的情緒。



家族開枝散葉

楊淳婷留日學習樹醫知識歸國後,承擔了長輩的期待,兢兢業業在樹的治療與診所的營運上,弟弟楊宗翰則投入父親留下的水泥包裝業,與交往多年的學姊吳雅婷成婚,家中迎來了吳雅婷這個新成員,她開朗活潑的個性,為這個嚴謹的家注入了活力,但隨著幾個寶貝孩子的來到,婆媳之間對於是否採用傳統打罵管教意見紛歧。

這個大樹之家會長成什麼模樣?新的枝葉該如何修剪?是修剪成讓人欣賞的盆景呢?還是自然生長成參天大樹? 讓我們一起期待這個大樹之家的故事。


Introduction

44-year-old Ting grew up in a wooded courtyard house planted by her green-fingered grandfather, Taiwan's first certified tree doctor. She later followed in her grandfather's footsteps to study at the same Japanese university and is today a certified tree doctor traveling the country tending to the needs of ailing trees. However, though Ting is the bosslady when it comes to trees, it's her fashion-conscious, septuagenarian mom Flora who runs the roost at home. Today, we meet Ting as she balances running a busy tree clinic with managing the demands of a somewhat overbearing mother. Ting emulated her grandpa to study arboriculture, so why did she resist taking over the family tree clinic? What transformation in the family home has forced Ting's mom Flora to change her tiger-mom ways? Ting is a perfectionist who puts great demands on herself, so how does she de-stress when the going gets tough? Let's find out!