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These 5 Bollywood Celebrities Are Growing Their Own Food By Doing Kitchen Gardening At Home

Samantha Ruth Prabhu, one of the most renowned actresses is passionate about gardening

By Uma Nagar
Made For India
November 13, 2023

Excerpt:

Preity Zinta, a well-known Bollywood actress, began kitchen gardening in her Los Angeles home to keep herself busy during the 2021 lockdown. During the pandemic, Preity Zinta’s mother, Nilprabha Zinta, suggested that she start kitchen gardening at home. She has planted banana trees and orange trees in her kitchen garden. She also shares the process of harvesting in her videos. Now, she has a beautiful garden full of strawberries, oranges, guava, peaches tomatoes etc. She has also grown apples in kitchen garden that reminds her of her home in Himachal Pradesh.

After Preity Zinta, Madhuri Dixit also began doing kitchen gardening at her Mumbai residence during lockdown. She set up her kitchen garden with the help of her family. She has been nurturing her passion for gardening since lockdown and it has become such a fun family time that she enjoys the most.

Because of her trip to Sri Lanka, she was encouraged to try kitchen gardening at home. She took cooking classes in Sri Lanka, and that knowledge came in useful during the lockdown. Madhuri Dixit, who is rekindling her love for plants, encourages people to “choose experience over things.”

Kitchen gardening at home has become a family activity for her, as her husband and sons assist her with the tasks required to maintain a beautiful garden.

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