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Wondering how to make the most of your small balcony / deck / terrace in the city? These pictures of balcony gardens from real apartments will inspire you to get started or seek professional help (details inside). In this follow up series featuring Xanadu Organic Gardens, there are more landscaping and garden design ideas for your home. Over the weekend, I saw first hand the ease of maintaining an artificial grass lawn. Needless to say, the bed looks lush green throughout the year. This got me thinking into turning a part of our terrace into a tropical retreat lush with grass and Frangipani trees. Featured below are garden installations of all sizes from from a large one with picket fencing to several green nooks around the house. In an independent house or villa, you will often see a green corner in several levels of the house like a backyard, planter…

What’s the age of the oldest plant in your garden? There’s a saying that the more fondly you look at your plants every morning and tend to them, the better they grow – the love permeates. The oldest in my garden is a ivy that we planted four years ago when we moved back to Bangalore. But, Reema Saravanan of Bangalore, says some of the plants in her garden have been with her for almost 8 years now. WOW!

And you’ll know how true that is when you look at her garden. The plants are in good hands :) Thanks Reema for asking to be featured on “dress your home”. It’s a pleasure to showcase your garden.