Easy green Those who know me well know I have a black thumb; even perennials shrivel up and fade away under my care. Ugaoo, started by Siddhant Bhalinge in 2015 to make an effort to restore the green cover in cities, sends you notes and tips on growing happy plants, including number of hours to keep a pot in direct …
Standing between scores of potted marigolds, Harish Chandra Joshi, a lanky 54-year-old, holds one up. “A client can send us an image of a plant that needs care, and we can tell them what’s going wrong and how they can rectify it,” he says, adding that home gardeners also send them photos of a space in their homes, to be …