Leaves & Light
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Across India’s fast-growing cities, indoor spaces—from compact apartments and busy office rooms to verandahs, staircases, terraces, porticos, and even corridors—are becoming the new frontier of greening.
In an age when our interaction with nature is usually at a transactional or mental level, it is instructive and fascinating to see the kind of communion the great poet Rabindranath Tagore had with nature.
A study was directed to find the impact of devotional music on plants. It is believed that sound stimulates the germination of mung bean seeds.
Addressing a meeting to review the preparations for the grand programme aimed at conserving the environment, Dr Yadav said that a resolution has been taken to plant 51 lakh saplings in the Indore district.
“We first asked the question of whether plants can grow in the regolith. And second, how might that one day help humans have an extended stay on the Moon.”
If your lifestyle is fast-paced or you aren’t home too often, a succulent is often your best bet.
He stated that medicinal plants gardens should be developed in school premises for enriching children's knowledge and there could be a change in the attitude of the society towards Ayurveda and medicinal plants with all these progressive steps.
Gardening at home has a similar effect on EWB (or happiness) as biking, walking or dining out. Household gardens may be key to providing food security in urban areas and making cities more sustainable and livable.
The stuff they inject has been found to be like the venom of spiders and sea snails
