Landscape by Home & SpaceYour garden, by type
Landscape by Home & Space
Every home gardens differently. This is the 8-guide library organised the way you actually think about it — by the part of the garden (front, back, the small city plot), by the home type (apartment, farmhouse, a garden for later life), and by the plot itself (corner, east-facing) — all written for Indian homes and climates.
Front Yard Design Ideas — The Garden the Street Sees
How to design the front yard of an Indian home for kerb appeal and welcome — the arrival sequence from gate to door, integrating the driveway, threshold and foundation planting, a small lawn versus low-water beds, and screening the house from the street without a fortress wall.
Read itBy the part of the garden
Front, back & the small plot
Backyard01Backyard Design Ideas — Your Private Outdoor Room
How to turn the rear garden into the family's private outdoor room — zoning it for dining, lounging, play and a quiet retreat, designing for evening and year-round use, screening for privacy, and connecting it to the indoors, for backyards small and large.
Small garden02Small Garden Design for Urban Homes
How to design a small ground-level garden for a tight urban Indian home — the tricks that make it feel bigger (diagonal layout, vertical greening, borrowed views, layering, a single focal point), multi-function space, and scale-appropriate plants. For balconies, see the balcony guide.
By home type
Apartment, farmhouse & later life
Apartment03Apartment Landscape Planning
The holistic view of greenery in apartment living — beyond a single balcony. The layers from your own balcony to shared podium gardens, entry courtyards, amenity zones and façade greening, what an individual flat-owner can do versus the society's call, and working with the RWA.
Farmhouse04Landscape Design for Farmhouses & Weekend Homes
How to landscape a farmhouse or weekend-home plot in India — the approach avenue, a productive orchard and kitchen garden, natural and wild zones, water held on site, and above all a robust, low-maintenance landscape designed to thrive when you visit only weekly.
Later life05Retirement Home Landscape Design — Gardens for Later Life
How to design a home garden for later life — safe, accessible, therapeutic and low-maintenance. Step-free non-slip paths, frequent shaded seating, raised beds for gardening without bending, fragrant sensory planting, good lighting and falls prevention, for ageing well at home.
By the plot
Corner & east-facing
Corner plot06Landscape Planning for Corner Plots
The landscape-specific guide to corner plots — turning two road frontages into a generous wraparound garden and double kerb appeal, while screening two roads for privacy, noise and dust, treating the splayed corner, and keeping the family garden in the sheltered inner corner.
East-facing07Landscape Design for East-Facing Homes
How to landscape an east-facing home — making the most of the gentle morning sun with a morning sitting garden and east-loving plants, taming the harsh west and south-west sun with shade trees, screening summer glare, and honest Vastu notes for an east-facing plot.