18 May,2009 09:24 AM IST | | Namita Gupta
Go Green seems to be the mantra today, what with all the brouhaha on global warming. What's On brings you a round-up on how to love nature and bring it home
It's never too late to make space for a garden at home. We bring you details about some nurseries that can help you get you some green at home.
You could hire a landscape developer and give inputs about whether you need a high or low maintenance garden. They give you designs and costing. Depending on your budget, you get a plan. If you're looking at a terrace garden, then waterproofing needs to be done.
Jayesh Narang, who recently did a roof garden, said, "It was a windy terrace. If we had put a shelter area, the roof would have broken up. We split the roof into two levels, so that wind pressure doesn't get blocked. You need to leave pockets so that the water can be drained out, especially in case of terrace gardens."u00a0u00a0
A typical shop
Many nurseries in Bangalore offer complete garden solutions. (See list below). Garden components like tools, implements, garden furniture, garden clothes, pots and planters, pesticides and fertilizers are sold at some of the bigger garden stores.
Besides doing up and maintaining gardens, some offers to tend to sick plants. They also offer a temporary home for plants while the owners are away.
Check out these nurseries which provide garden development, landscaping, repotting, and manure and soil transport.
>>Green Carpet, 627,17'A' Main,6th Cross, 6th Block,Koramangala. Ph: 2553 8651, 2550 4550. Email: greencarpet@vsnl.net
>>Deepa and Jayesh. 16, 1st floor, Srinivas Colony, Mission road. Ph: 98455 37672. https://www.deepaandjayesh.com/
>>Siddapura (near Lalbagh) Krishnendra Nursery and Vishnu Nursery 2656 6828
>>Mohan, Sunshine Landscape. Banaswadi Road. Ph: 98450 19069
>>Noma Prabhu, No.G-4 Blue Crs Chambers, Infantry Road. Ph: 2559 1560,2558 9458, 2558 6026, 98860 7544.
>>Obalappa & Brothers, 131, Lalbagh Main Road. Ph: 2223 9648
>>Indo American Hybrid Seeds, #7099 2nd Main 17th Cross KR Road, Banashankari 2nd Stage. Ph: 267 60111
>>Flowers & Petals, 204, Sadath Court 5/6 Magarath Rd. Ph: 2558 4819
>>Tropic Snow, 565 5th Main 1st Stg 2nd Blk HBR Lyt. Ph: 2544 0499
>>Hybiscus, 32, Hatworks Boulegard , Cunningham Road. Opp. Cafe Coffee Day. Ph: 4113 1500
>>Springs And Blossoms, 771, 80 Feet Road, Koramangala 4th Block.u00a0Ph: 41217220, 41217330u00a0u00a0
>>Green Garden Nursery, JP Nagar 2nd Phase. Ph: 98808 70101
What's On Tips
Planting areas close to an entrance create a sense of welcome when they are filled with low shrubs, groundcovers, perennials, and pots brimming with annuals. Repeating plants along a border sets up a rhythm that is pleasing. If the plantings here are fussy, the eyes may soon get tired. It is essential to take the mature height and width of a tree into account at planting time. Although they look fine when they are small, some grow into massive trees that are out of scale with the house and cast gloomy shade all year.
