Gardening

A dry little seed can unlock big curiosity in a child. This simple growing activity helps them watch a plant come alive day by day, building patience, observation skills and a gentle connection with the natural world.

Turn winter into a season of growth and learning by creating a vegetable garden with your children. This step-by-step guide shows how kids can plant, care for, and harvest vegetables, making gardening fun and educational.

These 10 simple, low-cost garden craft ideas can brighten your garden this winter. From painted pebble markers to diya planters, these easy DIYs add warmth, colour, and creativity to your green spaces.

Cow dung has been a versatile tool in rural India for centuries — used as fertiliser, pest repellent, fuel, and even building material. This feature explores six traditional practices that harness its full potential and shows how urban gardeners can adapt these eco-friendly, low-cost techniques for balconies, backyards, and community gardens.

Inspired by the Japanese art of Kokedama, Anjali started her own garden. And her amma transformed it by upcycling waste such as cans, bottles, tyres and old clothes!

With a few leftover vegetable scraps, here’s how children can grow their own mini-garden at home. These easy, low-cost activities teach them about nature, science, and sustainability while keeping them engaged and curious.

Look closely at any garden this winter, and you will find plants storing strength, slowing growth or bursting into bloom. These tiny shifts offer children a simple way to understand how nature adapts its rhythm through the cooler months.

This guide highlights flowering plants that survive in cooler months and are easy for children to grow. It covers steps for growing specific flowers, helping winter gardens stay colourful and engaging with minimal effort.

Master the art of growing mustard for profit with this detailed rabi season guide. Here are tips on variety selection, soil management, watering, fertilisation, and harvesting techniques to achieve a healthy crop and maximum market returns.

Shefalii Dadabhoy shared 10,000 sunflower seeds for free and sparked a joyful movement that now includes 150 homes, schools, and offices. Her simple idea is filling Chennai with pockets of yellow, one bloom at a time.