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Oct 6, 2007

Patches of green in our city concrete …

A garden … on the roof of a building …

Male' is like one of the most dense cities in the world ...
Old buildings and structures are being leveled almost daily ...
To make way for for offices and apartment buildings ...
And as these new buildings pack in closer and closer ...
Male' is taking the shape of one huge concrete building ...
With narrow roads and lanes as access ways and path ways ...
And in the midst of all that ... its very refreshing to see ...
Some people working hard and exploring the possibilities ...
Where they can fit a few plants ... and grow small gardens ...
Be it balconies ... flat roof tops ... or external stairs ...
We should be happy ... as it has been a long time since ...
A healthy environmentally friendly trend took off in the city ...
These small gardens are like patches of green in the city ...
And people tend to spend a lot of time in these areas ...
While some people like to sit and relax in these gardens ...
Others go there to think ... contemplate ... and cogitate ...
While looking down into the city and vehicles zipping past ...
I'm seriously thinking about starting my own small garden ...
Given the area ... my garden can't be bigger than 3ft by 3ft ...
May be a few potten plants first ... but its a start ... eh ???
Laterx ...

12 comments:

maail said...

Yeah an aunt of mine grows plants as well on the terrace, and it's pretty refreshing. Wish there were more streets like the ADK inna magu. Forgot the name lol.

Oh and "Other's"...sorry dude just notice those things ;D

Personal Trainer said...

can we call this a concrete jungle ...

Simon said...

Bro,
I think some skyscrapers in some countries have a green patch at the top also.

btw, am using IE to comment. on FF this still doesn't work.

andhu said...

you dont know the name of that road?
shame shame :)
anyhoo, i think we should all have some kinda green roof policy at work.

maail said...

Andhu : Yeah been away for so long that I'm even forgetting the names of the roads...lol

subcorpus said...

maail::
the name of the road is sosun magu ...
yeah ... its very forget-able ... hehe ...

Siyah said...

I think gardening is a cool hobby. But I prefer keeping an aquarium.

subcorpus said...

siyah::
garden is a cool hobby yeah ... thanks ...
but some people are not that find of aquariums ...
they say they dont wanna cage anumals and restrict their freedom or something ...
dunno how true this is ...
or how much we need to think about this ...

andhu said...

so this is working now?

shaari said...

well, yeah 3ft by 3ft is a good start. what more can you expect in male'??
& i agree with those who aren't in favour of aquariums or birds in cages or cats in boxes...

andhu said...

it seems to be ...

subcorpus said...

Shaari::
Thanks for the comment .... yeah .. spave constraints tends to have a limiting effect dho ... hehe ...

Andhu ::
yeah it is working ... wassup ???

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