India: Distribution of rooftop garden kits begins
Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday launched a scheme to provide rooftop garden kits, vegetable seed kits, and nutrients kits at subsidised prices.
New Indian Express
Dec 6, 2021
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CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday launched a scheme to provide rooftop garden kits, vegetable seed kits, and nutrients kits at subsidised prices. Under the Chief Minister’s Nutritive Vegetable Garden Scheme, rooftop garden kits will be given to the people at a subsidised price of `225 a kit. A press release said two lakh seed kits will be given to people in rural areas and one lakh seed kits will be distributed in urban areas during the budget session. Besides, two lakh nutrient kits will be distributed.
The art of creating the greenery and maintaining the greenery on the roof top is known as “Roof Gardening”. This is also known as Terrace gardening. The existing roof top can be effectively utilized for growing fruit plants, vegetables, spices, homestead medicinal plants, flower plants and ornamental plants. Other than the decorative benefits, roof plantings may also provide food. The practice of cultivating food on the roof top of building is sometimes referred to as roof top farming.
