It is only when you have a bungalow, can you have a garden, says who? Located on the first floor of a concrete apartment is the address of a home-garden nurtured by Sujatha Rajendran. The moment you enter her floor, you are welcomed by fresh greens all around you. The artefacts in her house are replaced with quirky pots of plants blooming everywhere.
She believes that every human must adapt to the traits of a plant.
“I am originally from Madurai. It was just a few years ago that I shifted to Coimbatore. It was very tough for me to adjust here; I would often develop wheezing due to the city’s high pollen count. Taking medication was the only way I could manage my wheezing,” says the gardener-cum-entrepreneur Sujatha when asked on how she started her venture 'Eternia'.
“It was at that time when someone suggested to me about keeping indoor plants, as they supposedly absorb the pollutants in the air, and purify it. I further read about it on the Net and saw many testimonials of people who benefited from indoor plants. Since I stay in an apartment, I decided to convert my patio into my garden. It not just made my house look aesthetic, but bolstered my health and mind too.”
The progress in her health was the perk she derived from planting, and ‘Eternia’ was her way to give back to nature.
She specialises in planting indoor plants through her applied artistry to improve the life span of the plants that can grow with basic light and alternate day watering.
From distributing indoor plants to an individual to responding to big orders, from converting small plain spaces into green expanses or making your balcony your garden, every deed is accomplished with a single purpose.That is to instill the culture of having plants as a basic need that converts residences into living spaces of freshness and purity.
“I don’t see planting for others as a job of profit, I see it as a token of gratitude to Mother Earth that has given us so much. Each time someone buys a plant from me, I count the green that will reduce carbon prints than the greens that they call money.”
So the next time you intend to spend your moolah on a beautiful artefact or are thinking to gift someone something that would be valued for life, just buy a plant that will add beauty and value to a healthy life.
