Manvi, A Digital Creator, Teacher, Learner, And Food Blogger From Delhi
Meet Manvi, a Delhi teacher, gardener, YouTuber, and plant lover. She has 19.3K subscribers on her channel, shadesofmygarden, where she shares her passion for plants and gardening. She started her YouTube journey in 2012 and since then she has uploaded hundreds of videos on topics such as plant care, propagation, DIY projects, garden tours, and more. Some of her popular videos are:
- Tips to propagate plants from stem cuttings and seeds.
- DIY Jute Net for creepers using Jute rope (Jute ka Jaala).
- How to make your potting mix for flowering plants, vegetables, and ornamental plants.
- Detailed video on citrus bio enzyme preparation at home.
- Terrace garden tour in different seasons.
- How to repot different plants without disturbing their roots.
- How to care for common terrace plants such as Coleus and Hibiscus.
- How to deal with mealybug attack on Hibiscus.
- Visits to popular Nurseries in and around Delhi.
Here are some of the tips that Manvi shared with us:
Choose plants that suit your climate and space
Manvi lives in Delhi and has a small terrace garden, so she prefers plants that can thrive in various seasons on her 5th-floor terrace garden in pots and big containers.
Prepare your own pot mix for growing veggies and flowers
She shares her method of preparing light soil mix for her terrace garden using garden soil, cocopeat, compost, neem khali, and turmeric.
Feed your plants regularly with organic fertilizers
Manvi makes her own compost from kitchen scraps and enriches the soil. She also uses homemade liquid fertilizers and shares the detailed process of preparing them using kitchen waste.
Prune your plants to keep them healthy and bushy
Manvi prunes her plants in the month of February and rainy season to remove dead or diseased leaves and stems, and to encourage new growth. She also pinches off the flowers of some plants to make them produce more foliage.
Propagate your plants to multiply them
Manvi loves propagating her plants from cuttings and seeds. She shares tips to save the seeds of plants to grow them in the next season.
Make your own garden DIYs to enhance the beauty of your garden
Manvi loves to share her DIYs such as Jute Net, round trail, and planters, using easily available waste material at home.
If you want to get some tips on creating a beautiful and healthy terrace garden at home and creating a green thumb, follow Manvi on her YouTube channel shadesofmygarden today!
You can follow her on the YouTube channel shadesofmygarden – YouTube
Here are some other blogs which make your Green Space more Greener!
- Gardening Calendar Blogs
- Sustainable Gifting Ideas
- Gardener Stories
- Garden Care Blogs
- Miniature Garden Decor
- Gardening Workshops
Have a look at some amazing Videos on Gardening that might help you!
- Tips on planting homegrown plants and creating art with them as a beginner.
- How to preserve, plant, and grow flower seeds in monsoon, winter, and other seasons.
- Growing different vegetables, winter vegetables especially, and tips and tricks to preserve.
- Preserving fruits such as strawberries, Papaya, watermelon, muskmelon, etc.
- Know all about microgreens using examples such as microgreen spinach, microgreen sunflower, microgreen mustard, microgreen flax, etc.
- Using gardening tools such as pots, trays, growing bags, moss sticks, watering cans, etc.
Here are some Workshops that might help you if you are new to Gardening!
- Convert your small space into a green jungle.
- How to upcycle DIY’s for home decor.
- Watch our workshop on using biochemical enzymes instead of chemicals in gardening.
- Workshop on stepping towards sustainability.
- Home remedies for saving plants against pests.