organic terrace gardening is not only about using organic manure and contents the department has launched the project under the urban horticulture development scheme uhds in the district in february 2016 and began distributing the kits officials said during the coming monsoon season plants will grow better and give better yield it is a medicine without prescription it is a simple way to implement solid waste management at our home he said it is about creating a small eco system in our terrace for small organisms to flourish each kit comprising coco peat compressed bricks vegetable seeds brinjal ladies finger tomato beans and chilly biofertilizers biopesticides along with pamphlets costs rs 500 they said according to officials in the horticulture department they have distributed nearly 2500 kits to households in trichy district it helps to improve concentration and selfesteem in children and enables the elderly to cope with depression minimise the radiation level we can create a simple roof setup with bamboo or ropes so that we can grow climbers in it only then it is a real organic garden he saidto besides the desire to obtain pesticidefree vegetables many youngsters and new house owners see the advantages of horticulture therapy says r krishnamoorthy deputy director of the horticulture department gardening is one of the best ways to get out of depression stress and anxiety by way of interaction with plants normally solar radiation is very high in trichy district said krishnamoorthy to protect the plants from direct sunlight officials are advising customers to put up a thin cover to decrease the radiation level he said c benedict peter an engineering graduate who has set up a terrace garden at his house at woraiyur in the city said he preferred mostly native vegetables greens and herbs the organic fertilizers include ashosphyrillam phosphobacteria biofungicidespseudomonas and trichoderma viridi and water soluble fertilizer residents from srirangam have bought the largest number of kits trichy with encouragement from the horticulture department more people are taking up terrace gardening in trichy as the project was launched during the summer season the plant growth as well as the crop yield were not as much as we expected