urban gardeners

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.

As urban gardeners strive to grow organic fruits and vegetables, these five easy-to-make fertilisers make the job easy and keep potted plants healthy.

Spotlighting five remarkable individuals who turned their terraces into flourishing green paradises in an urban setup. Just what you need to read to start terrace gardening at home.

Some vegetables thrive in the heat; so plant them in your kitchen garden before the summer peaks to enjoy homegrown produce.

Raja Chadha, an inspection engineer and home gardener from Gujarat, grows over 200 varieties of aquatic plants such as lilies, water cabbages, lucky bamboos and more on his terrace as a way to beat the harsh summer heat.

Banana, onion, and garlic peels make plants healthy, and drip irrigation reduces water consumption by 60%. Read more to find out gardening hacks that Ajay Sharma recommends.

In aquaponics, food growth is 25 per cent faster, with 75 per cent less water compared to traditional soil-based gardening. Also, the engineers built it at half the market price!

The harvest from her terrace garden meets 90 per cent of her kitchen needs.

Developed in Bengaluru, the Grow2Share app not only answers gardening and farming queries, but also motivates a growing community of urban gardeners.