Vertical Gardens Bangalore

India’s first vertical garden was implemented in Bangalore/Bengaluru, Karnataka. Once Bangalore is also called as pensioner’s paradise because of it’s beautiful nature. It is India’s 3rd most popular city and it is house to different cultures and different people. Now Bangalore is also become famous for vertical gardens as Bangalore got first vertical garden in India, which it hopes will help in lowering the pollution levels of the city.

Know about first Vertical Garden in India:

1. An NGO called “say trees” installed first vertical garden in the city on one of the pillar of the Hosur Road Flyover.
2. The garden contains of around 3500 of plants of more than 10 different species, an automated drip irrigation system has been installed that will water the plants every day.
3. Every side of the garden looks like a “creative art”
4. Vertical Garden concept came up to make the city beautiful and fight pollution at the same time.

Benefits of Vertical Gardens:

1. Reduces Urban heat effect, smog and cleans outside air
2. Acts as a sound proofing barrier, insulates and cools the building envelope as well as protecting it from the elements
3. It increases biodiversity
4. Increases real estate value
5. In work place, also Vertical Gardens gives good effects, it reduces the absenteeism in the work place and boosts employee health
6. Green Walls reduces air pollution levels by lowering extreme summer temperatures through photosynthesis, by capturing gases
7. Green Walls increases thermal insulation for buildings
8. Vertical Gardens are implemented specially for the people who are living I Urban Areas
9. It is an innovative, effortless and highly productive growing system that uses bottom-up and top-down supports for a wide variety of plants in small garden spaces
10. Reduces the impact of Urban Environment improves air quality and health

Life wall Vertical Garden Projects in Bangalore:

Indoor Vertical Garden, Arcadis Design & Consulting, Bangalore:

• Its a corporate office in Hebbal, Bangalore.
• This vertical garden was erected on aluminum structure with no brick wall base.
• 340 sqft, indoor vertical garden on two walls.
• 7 varieties of plants used.
• Recirculating irrigation system with automation.
• Maintained by LifeWall.

  

 

Vertical Garden, MJ Infra, Bangalore:

• Its the office of MJ Infra Builders in Bangalore.
• 160 sqft indoor green wall on 1 walls
• 4 varieties of plants used.
• Irrigation system with on & off valve system.
• This wall was facing towards the lift. The main entrance to the office.
• Maintained by customer.

Black gold from your kitchen waste for your Home Garden

Basically, I am a garden lover and started gardening at the age of 6 years, along with gardening I experimented different recycling methods. In various recycling practices the most interesting and satisfying one is converting my kitchen waste into compost – “A Black Gold” for my plants. For my home garden, I used to make compost from fruit waste, vegetable waste and dry garbage. It is tremendously useful for plants and environments.

Compost:

Compost is an organic matter that has been recycled as a fertilizer and soil amendment. It is a key ingredient in organic gardening. Such has house hold kitchen waste into useful nutrients for the soil.

How to make compost at home:

“How to compost” when we Google it we will find so many methods to do experiment at home. For all at least we require minimum investment. Today I am explaining a simple method or way without investment. It works very well for small kitchen gardens or terrace gardens.

Things need to make compost:

1.     Used flower pots

2.     Old soil from garden

3.     A lid to cover

4.     A dish to keep below the pot

5.     Dry kitchen waste

Let’s experiment with dry kitchen waste:

1.     Take any used or old flower pot from your garden. It should have holes at the bottom for aeration. In that pot put a layer of cork or coconut husk

2.     Cover with a layer of soil about 5cm thick

3.     Put your all dry kitchen waste for the day over the soil again put one more soil layer on the waste

4.     Next day repeat the same method again, put your waste in pot and on that put one layer of soil

5.     Repeat the process for couple of days or until pot fills completely with waste. Don’t forget to stir the soil for every two days. Every day keep the pot covered with a lid or cork board

6.     Keep a dish under the pot to collect excess moisture. This water also we can use for plants

7.     It will take 6-8 weeks to convert into a compost. For this process we require air, moisture and heat. Due to extreme climates, sometimes it will take 3-6 months

How to identify a good compost:

It smells good like soil

It doesn’t have any fungus

It is crumbly without lumps

It isn’t too moist, it isn’t too dry

How to use:

Compost used as a top layer around plants. This compost can be used directly on the garden bed or container plants.