vertical gardens

When Mandeep Sangwan saw a lack of sustainability on his campus, he didn’t wait for change — he created it. ‘Green Dreams, ’ the first-ever eco club at Delhi School of Social Work, is inspiring students to build a greener campus by setting up two vertical gardens made out of plastic bottles.

Jinay Gada runs Planteria, which manufactures lightweight grow bags and vertical gardens from recycled plastic bottles.

Kerala University student Reshma PR has built a stunning vertical garden with plenty of plants that have rejuvenating and purifying qualities.

Chandra Shekhar Sharma’s Agra home is a thriving ecosystem of 400 plant varieties. As a result, the temperature inside his home remain 4 to 5 degrees cooler

Skip those plastic pots and use these DIY instructions to make a cool vertical garden for your home!

A little creativity and basic carpentry can turn any plain wall into a beautiful garden of herbs, flowers & succulents.

“It requires very less space to grow. In fact, if you start cultivating oyster mushrooms in a 2-litre soft drink bottle, it will give you a yield of about 0.5 kg in the first batch itself.”

Last year, when the Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 275 in Ludhiana, environmental scientists visited the city. They even visited Mehra's office and were surprised at a discovery—the AQI at IRS officer Rohit Mehra's office was just 78!

They will not only beautify the area but also simultaneously purify the air and reduce the harmful effects of pollution.

The entire concept of transforming metro pillars into vertical gardens to fight pollution in addition to beautifying its surroundings was adopted in India after its implementation in Mexico City went viral on social media last year.