Green Fingers: Her blooming love for blossoms knows no bounds
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 21
Big or small size flowers in pink, yellow, white, maroon and purple, Vandana Sondhi has all the varieties and colours of Chrysanthemum blooming in her house. She daily makes at least 8-10 arrangements of the flower for her drawing room, living room, entrance and the staircase.
Hundreds of flowers of this variety have been potted in the frontal portion of her house and all pots have been arranged in a very artistic manner. “My day starts with these flowers. Every morning, I go out and fetch fresh flowers which I take to my puja room as well. I take some along with me to work too. I first arrange them on my desktop before starting my day’s work,” says Sondhi, who is working as a child guidance counsellor. She adds, “I strongly believe that these beautiful flowers have a very good impact on our thinking and belief and makes us positive”.
Residing at New Jawahar Nagar, she says that it was her mother-in-law who was fond of maintaining garden. “I learnt it all from her”, she tells adding that it is her husband Vivek Sondhi, Joint MD of popular PKF group, who too helps her with making it all look artistic. “All the sculptures, terrocota pieces in the garden, ponds for lotus, swings and a fountain in the backyard have been picked and bought by him”, she revealed.
Sondhis have maintained a nice kitchen garden also on the backyard with mango, orange and lemon trees. The garden has a rich growth of lettuce, salad leaves, basil, garlic, onion, spinach, radish, lemon grass, tulsi and other plants. “The time we are experimenting growing strawberries too,” said Vandana Sondhi pointing to her tiny plantlets.
