An online survey by ATREE in Bengaluru has shown that 50.8% of the respondents have a garden of some kind in their homes. The survey, which aimed at finding out if urban agriculture is viable in Bengaluru, found that out of them, only 32% grow vegetables or fruits in their gardens.
The respondents also indicated that a majority of them, 48.5%, had their garden spaces outside their houses, while 26% of them had terrace gardens.
Another 21.3% did their gardening on the balconies of their houses. These gardeners mostly had flowers or ornamental plants (22%) in their gardens, while 21.8% of them reported having grown greens and another chunk of people grew solanaceae (chillies, peppers, and vegetables).
