Our home is important for the entire house. Just like that, the terrace is equally important for the construction of the house and its attraction.

We all have a secret and inner dream to create a terrace garden. Today, we’ll see how you can create it and what the benefits of doing so will be. Believe me, a terrace garden can give a heavenly look to your house.

We are all humans. We love to surround ourselves with beautiful flowers, shrubs, and green trees. You can do all this and much more with a terrace garden. It can also attract many birds, honey bees, and butterflies.

Why a Terrace Garden?

Today, the environment is a popular topic. Everyone wants to protect nature, and gardening is a natural option. A terrace garden is an evolving concept but is important for ecology.

• A terrace garden is a blessing for people living in tropical areas. It is good for the environment.

• It makes the place lovely for morning walks and evening strolls.

• In a terrace garden, you can obtain flowers for daily use. You can use these flowers for worship, home decoration, and other purposes!

• A terrace garden can offer a cooling effect to your house. It promotes greenery on the roof.

• It is a brilliant way to make friends with like-minded people and invite them to your rooftop.

• In some cases, we can even get fresh vegetables and fruits from a terrace garden.

• In that case, we have the opportunity to consume homegrown food without cost and too many fertilizers.

• It protects our air from impurities.

• Terrace gardening is truly a joyful activity.

Terrace Garden: Decoration Tips

It mainly involves neatness and cleanliness. Always organize your terrace garden with attractive furniture and fittings.

Different people have different roof sizes. Decorate your terrace according to its size with wonderful ideas from your family members and friends.

Be creative with colors in your terrace garden. Listen to your intuition about the artistic part of your mind.

Make efforts to create flower beds. Different individual choices are key to arranging a pretty terrace garden.

Properly rearrange big trees, small trees, and shrubs. Try to decorate it with modern trends. It can transform a simple space into an extraordinary terrace garden.

Decorate your garden step by step. First, figure out your budget to decorate your roof. Manage it according to your own financial means. If you are really interested in it, then your terrace will become a happy space for you.

It enhances human creativity as well. You can also arrange a library or a colorful zone to play with colors in your terrace garden. Design your terrace garden with canvas and your favorite artistic stuff. In addition, you can also craft a statue or create an artificial waterfall in the terrace garden to make it more beautiful. Also, decorate it with pottery and don’t forget to make it dazzle using bright lights, a center table, and candles.

What I Wish to Do with My Terrace Garden

It is an easy approach to organic farming. Terrace gardening can help you grow fruits and vegetables without any fertilizers.

It can be a great hobby to stay physically active and mentally calm. I am proud of my love for terrace gardening. You can grow different herbs, Aloe Vera plants, and mint shrubs here. Seeing birds arriving in your terrace garden can make you feel immensely happy and grateful.

However, don’t forget that excessive sunlight and rainwater can cause damage to your terrace garden. So, take good care of it. What else do you want when you witness those cute flowers blooming in front of you early in the morning while birds are welcoming the morning with their cute chirps! Gardens can indeed glorify our feelings and emotions.

Seasonal Terrace Gardening: All That You Should Know

Do it in the proper way. Summer, winter, spring, and the rainy season terrace gardens are all different from each other. Harvesting seasonal fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs is a great way to indulge in its seasonal beauty.

Warm-season crops, like corn, melons, pumpkins, ladyfinger, sweet potato, tomato, etc., grow best during summer. Similarly, in winter, many varieties are available in every terrace garden, including leafy vegetables, mustard, wheat, and gram. You can also grow beet, potato, onion, and carrot.

During spring, opt for gardening cherry tomatoes, okra, cucumber, peas, etc. While gardening is a great activity, you have to stay focused and remove dried and dead leaves, or else they can spoil the look of your terrace garden. Use eco-friendly fertilizers and other compounds that shouldn’t be harsh to the environment or the garden as a whole.

In Conclusion

Before going ahead with your terrace gardening, gather as much knowledge about it as possible. Using the right kinds of plants and flowers can enhance the look of your garden. Also, you may have to use special types of equipment and tools. Be careful with them.

Overall, a terrace garden is a wonderful idea, and I am quite fascinated by it. Today, the world is concerned with so many things. Ecology and appreciating the greenery around us is one of them.

I admit that I’m a beginner. I hope my friends and family will guide me in this endeavor. In this process, my commitment to Mother Nature is clear. According to me, getting involved in terrace gardening gives me a cheerful experience. It helps me meet my inner self and feel proud that I am doing something for nature.

Watching plants and flowers, smelling the beautiful fragrance of flowers, makes me feel complete. For me, a terrace garden is my home. When I visit it, my nostalgic and old memories of flowers, plants, and gardens from my childhood come alive. That’s why a terrace garden has a special place in my heart.

By: Anuradha Home Chowdhury