6 Ways to Turn Your Terrace into a Cool Garden This Summer

 What can gardening do to help with the coronavirus pandemic? Gardening has always been touted as a relaxing recreational activity that can provide great personal rewards. During this time, when many people are working at home and students are learning at home, gardening can be a positive family-inclusive activity to adopt.

The Coronavirus pandemic halted the world, forcing us to retreat into our homes and forgo physical social contact—and it doesn't look like we'll be freed any time soon.

Gardening is one of the best ways to gain inner peace and to resolve internal conflict. The majority of people are getting involved in this activity not only to save the environment but also to stay fit and healthy. It emphasizes on more plantations at home as well as in the society wherein we stay.  It involves physical as well as a mental activity along with time management. Today we have two types of gardening, outside and a kitchen garden. Outside gardens are developed in one’s balcony, terrace, courtyard or locality. Kitchen gardening is one of the growing methods where people grow herbs which are used in daily cuisines. 

The relationship between gardening and peace is inter-related. There are people who enjoy this activity as a hobby and there are some who start this activity in order to engage themselves so that they can forget some past worries or the coming worries. You tend to find solutions to your problems and realize what should have been avoided or what can be done to avoid such problems. To see a seed being grown into a sapling and then to a herb or a plant is one of the best feelings in the world. The sight leads to inner peace. 

If you don't have a full garden, don't worry—there are plenty of ways to make do with a small space like a patio, a window box, or even a section of your driveway.

With the peak of the scorching summer upon us, these quick suggestions will help turn any terrace into an oasis from the heat.

A well-designed terrace is like an oasis of calmness amid the hustle-bustle of busy city life. A terrace is the most overlooked corner of your house. It has great potential to be turned into a beautiful space for you to relax.

If given due importance, and with the expert eye of terrace garden designers, your terrace can be turned into a Personal Retreat where you can relax, read a book, and/or sit in front of a mesmerising waterfall with greenery in the background.

We are in the middle of summer. We can assure you that even during the harsh summers, a terrace garden can be turned into a functional space. All it needs is a few decor changes, and your terrace is summer-ready. Terrace designers can create such an aura for your terrace garden in a way such that it can waive off the harsh sun rays as well.

There are several styles that you can choose from – modern, minimalist, chic, or retro.

There are many elements that are incorporated  to make your terrace “Summer Friendly”:

1. Waterfall

An outdoor waterfall brings the comfort of the indoors to your outdoors. A waterfall on a terrace garden acts like a natural coolant. The tranquility of the water has a calming and soothing effect on us. You can craft a relaxation corner for yourself with an outdoor waterfall.

                                                          

2. Swimming Pool

Everybody signs up for swimming lessons as soon as summer approaches to beat the heat. If you have the space, then a terrace pool in your terrace garden can do wonders for you. It will be sheer luxury combined with relaxation. Terrace garden designers can design and construct a visually appealing terrace pool that will compliment the structure and load of your building.

                                          

3. Misting System

                                       

Misting systems are a must to keep your terrace cool and usable in the summers. A properly installed misting system will let the cool breeze encompass your entire terrace, making it breathable and functional in all aspects. With a misting system, you don’t need to worry about the scorching heat ruining the entire experience of a terrace.

4. Light Upholstery

                                         

                          

Light shades and light-coloured fabrics are soothing to the eyes in summer. Your outdoor furniture should have light-coloured upholstery fabrics to make it appear summer-friendly.

5. Covered Sitting

                                     

A covered sitting on a terrace is like a gateway from the sun falling on you. You can either go in for permanently-covered sitting like a gazebo, or sitting with a retractable roof. A retractable roof can be installed under the supervision of terrace garden designers. It has a fabric shade which moves on rollers. You can easily roll out the fabric and get a covered sit-out on your terrace.

6. Save Your Plants

                                 

Your plants are the very essence of a terrace garden. It becomes inevitable to protect your flowering and green plants from the scorching heat. Add pebbles in the planters or pots to cover the soil. It increases the moisture absorption. You can also add water retaining granules to the soil.

All these features can be totally incorporated on your terrace in an aesthetic as well as functionally sound way by terrace garden designers.