While vertical gardens have been largely seen in institutional settings so far in India— think hotels, conference centres, office blocks— they are increasingly being adopted by homeowners too, albeit at a smaller scale, says Dipen Dedhia, founder, Rising Gardens, a Mumbai-based landscaping company that provides vertical garden structures to both homes and institutions. Keeping space constraints in Indian homes and …
Going strictly by my own online purchases in the past few months, there is definitely a ‘plantdemic’ going on, and it might be more universal than my most frequently searched items on e-commerce platforms would indicate: An AFP story today reports that “a gardening craze dubbed ‘plantdemic’ has spread across the Philippines after coronavirus restrictions fuelled demand for greenery, sending …
A gardening craze dubbed “plantdemic” has spread across the Philippines after coronavirus restrictions fuelled demand for greenery, sending plant prices soaring and sparking a rise in poaching from public parks and protected forests. People are super interested in plants these days,” said landscape gardener Alvin Chingcuangco, who has seen prices for some varieties of monsteras reach 55,000 pesos each, compared …