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Retired Delhi Commissioner Grows 1,000 Plants at Home
Padam Singh is 64 years old and lives in Delhi.
For 13 years, he has turned his home into a large garden.
He cares for more than 1,000 plants and trees.
More than 400 of them are fruit plants.
He grows fruits such as mangoes, guavas, lemons and pineapples in pots.
Green nets protect the plants from difficult weather.
Drip irrigation helps him save water.
Singh also gives some of his fruit to neighbours.
Padam Singh, a 64-year-old retired additional income tax commissioner, has gardened at his Delhi home for 13 years.
His home contains more than 1,000 trees and plants, including over 400 fruit plants across 40 varieties.
He grows mangoes, guavas, berries, starfruit, custard apples, chiku, pomegranates, lemons and pineapples in pots.
Singh uses green nets and drip irrigation to protect plants from Delhi’s weather, water shortages and pollution.
He shares fruit with neighbours and says he has not needed to buy lemons for years.
- Who
- Padam Singh, a 64-year-old retired additional income tax commissioner.
- What
- He has created a home garden with more than 1,000 trees and plants, including over 400 fruit plants.
- Where
- At his home in Delhi, including its terrace and verandahs.
- When
- He returned to gardening at age 52 and has developed the garden over the past 13 years.
- Why
- He revived a childhood love of plants, wanted to grow food and create a greener space amid Delhi’s pollution.
Key facts
- Gardener
- Padam Singh
- Age
- 64
- Gardening period
- 13 years
- Total plants and trees
- More than 1,000
- Fruit plants
- More than 400
- Fruit varieties
- 40
- Water-saving method
- Drip irrigation
Quotes
Padam Singh
A 64-year-old retired additional income tax commissioner and Delhi home gardener
“I have single-handedly developed this garden. Lugging pots on the terrace, adding soil, planting trees in the pots. At present, I have 1,000+ trees, of which there are over 400 fruit plants.”
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