This post is designed for Plant lovers basically. The only thing that I find incomplete about plants is that they don't have tails that wag when they see us, and they don't jump on us in excitement! Well, that's what they say, Love is complete acceptance. So, I love you Plants, for who you are.
Lets move on, before I forget why I came here in the first place.
Uh Hmm, Interiorscaping. People talk about Landscaping and Softscaping, it basically means to design your outdoor area with ornamental plants, even fruits and veggies. They act as to provide an aesthetic environment, give you a hang out space right where you live or work. Plus, its all about going green too. World is getting polluted enough already, so never hesitate to plant a few saplings now and then.
Like this
Do you love plants and the freshness it exudes? Why wait.. Go on and find what you can do to your home, that will change the way you live!
Few indoor plants that you can choose from, or own all - Caladiums, Money plant, Syngonium, Chlorophytum.
The idea here is not just about the plant, but the planter as well. The beauty comes from both of them. You have a beautiful plant, but the pot is damn ugly, it becomes difficult to enjoy the view.
So here is an idea -
Looks like aliens huh? Anyway,
Lets move on, before I forget why I came here in the first place.
Uh Hmm, Interiorscaping. People talk about Landscaping and Softscaping, it basically means to design your outdoor area with ornamental plants, even fruits and veggies. They act as to provide an aesthetic environment, give you a hang out space right where you live or work. Plus, its all about going green too. World is getting polluted enough already, so never hesitate to plant a few saplings now and then.
With the same incentives, Interiorscaping is decorating your 'indoors' with plants.
Do you love plants and the freshness it exudes? Why wait.. Go on and find what you can do to your home, that will change the way you live!
"Indoor planters"
This is simple. You have a beautiful planter already? (Ofcourse, like a plant lover should!) Know your plants and keep them in a place they can survive.Few indoor plants that you can choose from, or own all - Caladiums, Money plant, Syngonium, Chlorophytum.
The idea here is not just about the plant, but the planter as well. The beauty comes from both of them. You have a beautiful plant, but the pot is damn ugly, it becomes difficult to enjoy the view.
So here is an idea -
Looks like aliens huh? Anyway,
"Bonsai"
Honestly, I haven't made Bonsais, once yes, but it was during a class in college and I did not visit my Bonsai later to that to see how its doing.
To those who are new to this, Bonsai are basically -
Trees or shrubs made to grow in small planters, which makes them dwarfed. With the right care and climate, you can even have small citrus, mangoes to enjoy! Bonsais vary from a few centimetres to a few feet -
"Window Boxes"
This is definitely an area you can explore.
You need a carpenter to get you done with the Window box. Things that you need to keep in mind (other than most obvious ones) are the window sill dimensions, holes drilled at the bottom of about 0.5 to 1cm radius, piece of jute cloth to make sure to hold the soil back but to just let the water drain, and most important - a peaceful neighbour downstairs.
"Terrariums"
Terrariums are sometimes called Bottle gardens. As the name says, they are gardens - inside a bottle!
Have a look :
A layer of tiny pebbles, sand and soil will act as the rooting medium. You need tiny saplings of your indoor plants, pick out tropical ones that survive a lot of humidity, like Caladiums for instance. And, I know you are not Santa Claus (If you are, pls leave a comment, I cant wait till christmas), you don't have assistant elves to help with arranging the medium and saplings inside the bottle..............Long handled forks and spoons are good to go. (Bad joke, I know)
Hey, its NOT easy as it sounds, you need to be a delicate and gentle worker. I promise you, the end result is worth the effort!!
"Container Gardens"
Close being called potted plants, Container Gardens are a mix of plants not just one, arranged in fashion like how a garden would be in real life. Flat Containers of 10cm radii to as big as 50cm radii can be used.
This pic shows something of outdoors, but in these same lines you can do it indoors.
Still, the idea tried to explain here is not described in full justice with the pic! So I'm gonna play with your imagination- Imagine a landscape of a garden, and place it in the container of the above size. That is, Make mounds of soil for small mounds in the real garden, you can make tiny sand pits which depicts sand pits for children, plug few dried twigs vertically that make it look like dried up trees, go crazy - sprinkle small pebbles and make it look like boulders, place anything dried and natural and watch your imagination go crazy!
This type gardening is Japanese in origin (if i'm right), and it has a name (which I don't remember). I will post it soon!
The above stuff for Interiorscaping are all bookish ones, you can go creative with your methods and containers.
Still, the idea tried to explain here is not described in full justice with the pic! So I'm gonna play with your imagination- Imagine a landscape of a garden, and place it in the container of the above size. That is, Make mounds of soil for small mounds in the real garden, you can make tiny sand pits which depicts sand pits for children, plug few dried twigs vertically that make it look like dried up trees, go crazy - sprinkle small pebbles and make it look like boulders, place anything dried and natural and watch your imagination go crazy!
This type gardening is Japanese in origin (if i'm right), and it has a name (which I don't remember). I will post it soon!
The above stuff for Interiorscaping are all bookish ones, you can go creative with your methods and containers.
Hope you enjoyed the post!
Really i like ur posting dear now a days v can c highways dept ppl cut d trees in roadways now v dont find any greenry der, so atleast v keep our surrounding environment with beautiful plants :)interior gardening is a good idea da :)
ReplyDeletekeep it up :)keep writing :)
Interiorscaping is very much a growing field, not many people are aware of it tat's al. There are many other ways of having plants inside a building, the above are just examples of what people like us can do inside our homes. Hotels, airports are few places where interiorscaping is explored in a higher level - IN INDIA! Eg: Delhi Airport.
DeleteWill post more educative, random and silly stuff :)
Thanks for taking ur time reading n 4 your comment... :)