Gardening Tips: 5 Plants You Need To Keep Away From Your Terrace Garden

Terrace gardens, also known as roof gardens, are gardens that are grown on the terraces or rooftops of buildings to grow vegetables, fruits, or flowers. Due to space constraints, especially with the rise of builder floors and condominium living, the kitchen garden, which was a norm in every Indian household until the early twentieth century, has now migrated to the roof.

Terrace gardens are not specifically mentioned in Vastushastra since they did not exist at the time the Vastu tenets were created.

In this current environment, though, the same criteria would apply. If you're going to build a garden out of a section of your terrace, do it on the east, north, and northeast sides.

Identify these three directions by standing in the center of the terrace. If you want to turn the entire terrace into a terrace garden, go ahead and do so; however, when arranging the various plants, keep the following precautions in mind.

The south-west, south, and west are three directions that should receive a lot of attention. Use large earthen or concrete pots in certain directions and plastic pots in others.

Use plants that grow longer in these three directions instead of tall plants, which may not be possible on the terrace.

Some individuals now hire a terrace garden designer or landscape architect to help them plan their terrace garden, and he may recommend different levels in different directions.

If this is the case, the floor levels in the south, west, and south-west should be higher. Place an open kitchen or grill in the southeast or North West of the terrace if you wish to keep it open.

Astro-Vastu is a branch of Vastu in which the space is constructed according to the residents' birth charts.

In a nutshell, Astro-Vastu is Vastu that is tailored to the individual. Special precautions are required if the planet Mercury is poorly situated in the horoscope, particularly if it is in the twelfth house of the horoscope.

Rubber plants, money plants, tulsi, and vines should not be planted in the terrace garden. When Mercury is in this position in the birth chart, it is best to avoid growing any broad-leaved plants on the terrace.

You can put as many flowering plants as you wish on the patio. Bamboo walls on a terrace should be avoided by those with malefic Mercury.

If you want to grow a terrace garden, it’s recommended to consult a skilled astrologer and Vastu Consultant first, or just avoid certain plants in your terrace garden, irrespective of mercury's position in your chart.