Bengaluru gets India's first organic vertical garden
Q. Which is known as India's Garden City?- Published on 27 Mar 17a. Bengaluru
b. Mysuru
c. Chennai
d. Mumbai
ANSWER: Bengaluru
NGO Say Trees has launched India's first organic, vertical garden in the Garden city of Bengaluru.
Using 10 varieties of plant species, the group has planted more than 3,500 saplings on a pillar of Hosur Road, a popular flyover in the city.
The installation is maintained by an automated drip irrigation system that ensures the plants receive their daily dose of 100 milliliters of water.
Apart from improving the city’s aesthetics, vertical gardens also help in reducing smog and air pollution.
Among its many other functions, is that having green walls providing thermal insulation for buildings help in decreasing the demand on power, noting that, as a result, fewer polluting by-products are released into the air.
After getting positive response to its vertical garden on a pier of the Electronics City flyover, Bengaluru-based nonprofit SayTrees now plans to replicate the same on more than 250 piers of the elevated tollway.
The vertical garden on one pier has more than 3,500 saplings of 10 varieties.
The group six mini-forests, including three in Yeshwantpur and one in Kalyan Nagar. The major challenge is availability of safe land.
17,000 saplings they planted in June 2016 required six lakh litres every month.
The vertical gardens required less water while making Bengaluru roads green once again.
These saplings in the vertical garden are watered through automatic drip irrigation. They don’t require more than 100 ml water per day.
