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Srinagar’s Waste to Wonder garden turns junk into floral art
Srinagar has opened a new 'Waste to Wonder' flower garden that turns discarded vehicles and household items into colourful planters. Old vehicles including a tractor, a scooter, a Jeep and an Ambassador…
Srinagar has opened a new 'Waste to Wonder' flower garden that turns discarded vehicles and household items into colourful planters. Old vehicles including a tractor, a scooter, a Jeep and an Ambassador car, along with a refrigerator, have been reused as creative displays surrounded by flowers and greenery.
The garden aims to create a fresh tourist attraction for the city, drawing inspiration from Chandigarh's famous Rock Garden. It blends recycling, landscaping and public art to offer visitors a different experience beyond traditional sightseeing spots, while carrying a message about rethinking waste.
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Srinagar already draws lakhs of tourists each year to its Mughal gardens, houseboats and Dal Lake, but a dedicated waste-to-art public space is new for the valley. The concept borrows directly from Chandigarh's Rock Garden, built over decades from industrial and household waste by Nek Chand, which now receives over a million visitors annually. The Srinagar garden is smaller in scale but signals a municipal push to blend sustainability with tourism infrastructure. The next number to watch is footfall over the first six months: if it reaches even a fraction of the Rock Garden's draw, it could encourage similar projects in other Jammu and Kashmir towns.
The garden carries a larger environmental message by encouraging people to rethink what they throw away. Through reused materials and creative landscaping, the space highlights how waste management and green development can come together in expanding urban areas.
Source: businesstoday.in
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