Gardening is a hobby for many of us, while I in herited this quality from my grand mom. My granny who had stayed in Zambia for a longer time had her own garden full of flower plants & foliage. I have seen some of her treasured photos of beautiful gardens in full bloom. Even now in my native house in a small village the garden thrives on elegantly. She is 80+ years young & strives to work on her garden to make the plants healthy. She inspired me in lots of things liking gardening, handworks, organizing, etc.
I tried a lot to create a colorful container gardening in my home back in chennai but not very successful many a times. My hubby gave me a surprise this summer by creating this container gardening for me. A bunch of thanks to him because for people who enjoy the nature will know to appreciate as well. A tiny garden can really soothe your inner senses & free you from stress. For me its a heaven in my home when i see my plants flower in bright colors with full of fresh fragrance. As of now i have 5 small & 5 tiny pots of indoor plants all of my favorite collections.
It takes a bit of your time to know well what you want from your garden. Doing some learning about the variety of plants that are available & how to take care of them is the initial bit of investment to do. Growing plants with care & love is an art every human should possess inorder to cherish our mother nature. Indoor planting is one way of bringing mother nature in to your house. My tiny garden on the big window sil is my sons favorite place to play and gaze through. He would love to see his dads car covered with snow but the plants fresh inside makes him really happy. I wanted my tiny garden should be filled with vivid colors, fragrance, texture more than that to please the senses and to sooth my family when they are feeling down or tired and relish with joy when every one are joyful. I see my garden as a stress buster that relieves the pain.
Most of the knowledge about the art of gardening is acquired from the create tv. Couple of shows on gardening with intricate details actually inspires most of the viewers to create a garden according to their preferences with out hurting the budget, eco-friendly like conserving water, soil etc are good ideas that ensures "you can do it" attitude.
Types of garden:
Many types of garden are now being created by people in various ways. Some of them that suits a small area & apartment homes especially are container gardening, hanging gardens & vertical gardening.
As you know container gardening is potted plants of various sizes. Hanging gardens are those decorative pots hung on the patio wall with fragile flowers etc. They have two advantages one kept away from the reach of pets & children; two attracts lot of butterfly, bees, bugs & birds. Quiet a group of houses we could see both potted garden & hanging garden together while vertical gardening is a newly developed phenomena by landscapers to grow more plants in a very small area. This idea is a boon for people who suffered out of space to create lovely garden that produces an unusual effect.
http://lancaster.unl.edu/hort/Articles/2002/Vertical.shtml
Moreover gardening need not mean to be outside of the house. Indoor plants are a good fit for winters to clean the air you breathe by removing hazardous toxins. But to keep a watch over pets that are curious about plants is a good deal of exercise too. A bunch of flowering plants & foliage are available for indoors where some extra effort on temperature control, insecticides, and decor are needed to create an elegance out of it.
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