How does the 2022 garden look? Think air-purifying plants, topiary practices and online nurseries
The Hindu
Residential gardening burst on the scene during the pandemic bringing in its wake a reality check. Top gardening trends of 2022 in Kerala
In the last two years, Viswanbharan N.K., a retired scientist from DRDO, has grown and nurtured a whopping 1000 plants at his home in Kakkanad, Kochi. During the pandemic, he found time to build an orchid collection. “It’s beautiful to see the flowers; the blooms last for two to three months,” he says.
Preetha S. also found time to return to her hobby: gardening. Last year not only did she manage to grow a neat lawn but also to identify traditional plants, make compost from kitchen waste, learn re-potting and pruning and hone her gardening skills.
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The crowning achievement of American inventor William Painter’s career was, well, inventing the now-ubiquitous crown bottle cap. Oh, and not to forget, the bottle cap lifter to open these crowns, or what we simply call the bottle openers. A.S.Ganesh tells you how Painter changed the bottling industry forever…