Monsoon Garden
A brief break in the rains means an afternoon in the garden! We top up the baskets with compost, add leaf mulch, clean up a bit.
A brief break in the rains means an afternoon in the garden! We top up the baskets with compost, add leaf mulch, clean up a bit.
As a final workshop before the start of the monsoon rains, the SNEHA ladies got together with us to tie ropes to the side of the garden, providing a trellis […]
Just before the onset of monsoon, the garden is taking shape. Climbing plants have started to creep up ropes and bamboo structure, and the ladies are making the most of […]
This rough plan shows two small intimate garden spaces for the ladies at SNEHA to use for sitting, chatting, relaxing and growing food. As a concept the design is flexible […]
Bamboo and Painting! Leo Fernandes, the bamboo walla, and his team build the vertical structure from the garden. The bamboo was actually donated to us by Leo as he had […]
Pop-Up Party! Before setting up and arranging the garden we had a mini feast with lots of home made delicious food from dokhlas to chana masala. Now full, we arranged […]
For building day 1 we went around with Nick, our intern from Delhi, and Vasir, a Flyover Farm volunteer and our regular tempo driver. We had pre-ordered the bamboo baskets […]
Shape After much thought on the form we came back to one of the more simple designs from the first workshop. The square shape is sheltering and home-like, and will […]
Looking at the designs from the December workshops we were incredibly excited by all the possibilities. However, keeping in mind the goals of the initiative we needed to come up […]