A housewife in Sagarpara, Rajshahi, has turned her home into a sanctuary of plants and animals. From the courtyard of the two-storey house to the roof, it is full of trees and birds, and her rooftop farming is a great success.
A courtyard of nature
Beyond the front door and one room lies the courtyard and an arranged natural world, with plants growing with great care. There are rows of bonsai, several attractive pigeon houses, a pond with a paved ghat and a boat tied at the steps.
Tanushree Bhadra is the mother of this natural kingdom. She said she, her husband and her elder brother-in-law look after it all. Retired army officer Sushanta Bhadra, another family member, cares for the birds, which include many kinds of pigeon, quail, lovebirds, tumblers, munias and mynas.
Fruit left on the tree
The rooftop farm has hundreds of kinds of flowers, fruit and vegetables. Nobody in the house picks fruit from the trees; they enjoy fruit most as it hangs. Tanushree said fruit looks best on the tree, and if she needs a lemon she buys one at the market.
A family tradition
Her husband, Sujit Kumar Bhadra, said love of animals is a family tradition; his parents kept parrots and local dogs. After about twenty years abroad, he felt these things would be good to have at home. Not from need or business but purely from love of nature, the family has created this garden of flowers, fruit and birds.
Source: Shykh Seraj, Chhad Krishi. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.
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