// Zahrah Nasir For those of you desirous of adding either a glorious splash of vibrant color or a cooling concoction of green to your garden, courtyard, veranda or balcony area, opting for some kind of hanging basket is an excellent choice. And all those organic ‘foodies’ out there: what can be better than increasing your production space by ‘growing on high’?   Hanging baskets do not, necessarily, have to be exactly a traditional basket. But since our garden supply sellers

// Zahrah Nasir Let us begin the New Year by creating a pristine, unblemished, canvas of white, shine-in-the-night flowers, with delightful fragrance as a heady bonus.   White flowers not only glow in the dark and glisten in sunlight, they also introduce a note of classical elegance to any garden. They tend to be magnets for glorious butterflies, honey bees and many exquisite species of night-flying moths.   Fresh and full of the joys of life, white flowers, especially when p

// Zahrah Nasir A vegetable garden, quite irrespective of size as beans can be grown in pots/containers as well as directly in the ground, should contain, along with every conceivable variety of other organic goodies, as many beans, in as many varieties, as is possible and then some more! In our climate, even in the winter frozen uplands and mountainous regions of the north, it is a simple matter, with rotational planting, to produce succulent crops of highly nutritious beans

// Zahrah Nasir In my encounters with gardening enthusiasts, there appears to be a huge misunderstanding about the role of birds in our...

// Zahrah Nasir Despite an endless succession of monsoon tree-planting campaigns, Pakistan still retains the abysmal claim to being one...

// Zahrah Nasir This week we are taking a look at creating a blue-themed garden. There are a surprising number of blue flowers with...

// Zahrah Nasir In a stiflingly sultry summer afternoon, I sit in an orange tree shade, sipping a glass of mango lassi, carefully...

// Zahrah Nasir ‘Over-gardening’ – may sound like a very strange term indeed but a surprising number of people, especially those new to...

// Zahrah Nasir Beyond the usual black tea and milk, there are many other types of teas which can be cultivated in your garden. Winter...

// Zahra Ali I am often asked, ‘’which plant can I easily grow indoors?”. If you are one of these nature-lovers who want to bring some...

// Zahrah Nasir There is a tendency to imagine traditional Persian gardens as large expanses of perfectly manicured plantings and elegant...

// Zahrah Nasir Herbs are becoming more popular, both for their culinary and medicinal uses, especially here in Pakistan where the trend...

// Sultan Kiani Rosemary is a great choice for your garden. Here are the advantages of this wonderful evergreen shrub. Gardening is a...

// Zahra Ali The life of a gardener becomes easier if she has the right tools to work with. If you select your tools carefully and look...

// Zahrah Nasir Of the numerous problems a gardener, in the city or otherwise, has to deal with is that of sourcing a regular supply of...

// Zahrah Nasir The use of natural stone, either in the form of existing outcrops and boulders or 'brought in' ones, in the garden...

// Zahrah Nasir Protecting plants from the natural elements is all the rage these days as more and more people are opting to cultivate...

Zahrah Nasir // Here is a look at varieties of fruit suitable for cultivation in Pakistan, with some of the more unusual and amazing...

Zahrah Nasir // In our climate, even in the winter frozen uplands and mountainous regions of the north, it is a simple matter, with...