Herbal & Kitchen Gardens At Schools

After a short snooze, we at SPACES are back with some interesting projects that we have finished in the past few months.

We had the opportunity to work with two schools who were inspired by the idea of showing their students some common, indigenous herbs and plant varieties that were available within our vicinity. The staff at one particular school specially stressed on the point about how children were completely ignorant of these plants, their existence or their use. We hope the children have been able to gain the experience we have tried to inculcate.

At AMM Matriculation School at Kotturpuram, Chennai, the available space was just the terrace and we had taken it upon ourselves to make the best use of the area. And to be able to give the children a wholesome experience at least in terms of the different species of herbal plants and its types.

Here’s a pot shot of the entire terrace herbal garden placed by us.

Here we have our creeper section of the herbs.

Our initial stage of the miniature garden-lawn-waterbody.

For Rosary Matriculation School, since we could work on the ground, we had created for them both a kitchen and a herbal garden in the assigned plot of land.  We created a pebbled pathway in between where the students could walk through and observe the various plantations which we had labelled with their scientific and local identities. Here are a few glimpses of the same.

herbs around the tree at Rosary Matriculation – by SPACES

herbal garden patch at Rosary matric – done by SPACES

a view of the entire kitchen garden patch after the seeds are sown

bitter gourd

a close up of the vegetable creeper plant

creeper of the avarai plant

ridge gourd growing stages – peerkangai

“Seeing is believing” someone has rightly said. We hope we might have helped alter these students’ outlook a bit by introducing them to the food chain!

If you believe your school needs a concept such as this to exist ,then approach SPACES at gardeningredefined.com and get your ideas implemented through us!!

Front Yard Garden Restoration @ Mylapore!

There is always a charm that comes along with a traditional typical south-Indian houses and SPACES were very thrilled to revamp their landscape.

The redesign of Mr.Kavithalaya Krishnan’s home, done by SPACES now beckons to be explored and admired! Mr.Krishnan’s home, even though very shady and tree-rich, had a few things missing and we decided to spruce it up and add a little of our ingenuity to it as well.

Adding a grassy patch to the ground creates a magical effect. Very welcoming and attracts the eye,,..compared to the earlier barren land. Created a green patch right in the middle of the trees along the walk-way.We managed to make a make-shift garden sit out with the logs that were discarded at his household.SPACES not only refurbished their front yard, but also created a kitchen garden at the backyard.They are now proud owners of a truly green residence at the heart of the city in Mylapore!

Garden Workshop on 27th July – A look back!

SPACES conducted a Workshop this past Sunday, the 27th July, where in Horticulture specialists, Mr.Ramakrishnan and Mr.Cheenu, were invited to give talks on various topics for beginners on the basics of starting a garden. The host guests had a lot of information and the attendees were rapt in attention only interrupting for their doubts, questions and of course the tea break!

We had in depth talks about wide range of topics in the three hours from soil type,containers to grow, organic vegetable gardening,terrace gardening,the plants and herbs. While not everyone who attended were beginners at gardening, there was something worthwhile for everyone to share. 

Here’s a glimpse of the overall half-day workshop conducted.

 

 After the event,all the attendees were given a round about of all the products at display at our store GREEN THUMBS by SPACES to make gardening more interesting.Here’s hoping success for everyone who has started a garden! 

 

 

Bonsai Week!

There’s always a certain amount of awe which fills the air when people talk about Bonsais.
So.. we figured, why not have Bonsai Week. There’s much to know about different bonsais. Therefore, the lucky numero uno bonsai to be featured on our page:

Murraya Exotica.

There’s a lot of information about this particular aromatic foliage variety on the net. 

Here’s a little compilation of all the important facts about this plant.

Murraya Exotica – A bonsai variety with fragrant flowers

So this little species is available at our store Green Thumbs – part of SPACES – Gardening Redefined. Price: Rs.1000

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The Wait Is Over- Green Thumbs

The Wait is over and finally the new store is to be unveiled for everyone at Mylapore, Chennai on 26th of June.

Here’s a small glimpse of the new shop and what’s in store for everyone to view.

Green Thumbs – Your ..One Stop Garden Shop is finally ready to hit the road!

 

Watch out for more updates!!!

COMING SOON …..