ecological urban planning

Once known as a road people avoided, Sanath Road now invites them to walk, sit, and gather. This is the story of how residents, planners, and local bodies reshaped a chaotic stretch into a street built around everyday life.

He planted Bengaluru’s first jacarandas, landscaped Lal Bagh and Brindavan Gardens, and gave the city its identity. But few know his name — Gustav Krumbiegel, the German gardener who shaped the Garden