With the pandemic restricting our lives to our homes, home gardens or lawns are quickly becoming everyone's favourite spot to spend time in.
With the pandemic restricting our lives to the four walls of our homes, backyard gardens and outdoor spaces that scream greenery or anything close to nature, is a luxury, especially in metropolises like Mumbai, where 'space' itself is a big issue.
However, on the plus side, the pandemic has also given many the opportunity to take up some hobbies, particularly gardening for those who are blessed with sprawling lawns and stunning gardens, like our Indian celebrities. Subsequently, with gardening making a comeback as one of the much-loved hobbies during the pandemic, home gardens are quickly becoming everyone's favourite spot to spend time in.
Whether you're using the lawns to sip a cup of morning coffee, enjoy some family time with an afternoon picnic of sorts, cultivating a patch of herbs, or just waiting to be amid nature, quietly, the idea of spending time in the outdoor spaces of the home, is gradually picking up. Some celebrities even use these spots as their workout corners, like Shilpa Shetty.
So, if you're looking out for ways to spruce up your garden area, here are some hand-picked Instagram photos and videos of noteworthy celebrity gardens that are sure to give you all the inspiration you may need.
Take a look.
1. Shilpa Shetty-Raj Kundra Mumbai home: Garden Area, Backyard farm
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Shilpa Shetty's Mumbai home has an elaborate garden area that features a giant hand sculpture and a stone Buddha installation. It is also the area where Shilpa practices yoga. One corner of this space contains a cosy yellow seating area, with pebbled walls and stone benches under a massive star fruit tree. "Making the most of this peace and quiet, sitting in my favourite spot in the garden under the Starfruit tree seems surreal," Shilpa captioned one of her videos. Besides this,
Shilpa Shetty has her own little hydroponic backyard farm where she grows bok choy, mint, lettuce, kale, basil among other things.
2. Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor Khan's Pataudi Palace gardens
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The luxurious palace in Pataudi, Haryana, owned by the Khan's, comes with acres of greenery. The sprawling acres of palace gardens is where the family chooses to celebrate intimate get-togethers like a birthday party (Taimur's birthday was celebrated here) or just spend some quality time in each other's company. We recently saw Soha Ali Khan and her daughter Inaaya Naumi Kemmu spend lots of time together amid the greenery. A well-kept area of the Rs 800 crore property, it features rows and rows of symmetrically lined hedges, a range of plants and several classic stone fountains. On special occasions, space even lit up with fairy lights.
3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni-Sakshi Dhoni's Ranchi farmhouse
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Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni's farmhouse in his hometown, Ranchi, comes with plush grounds featuring a range of plants and trees. Dhoni's wife Sakshi's Instagram feed is filled with stunning images of the expansive outdoor space that includes a special training area for many dogs the couple owns, along with gravel-filled walkways, large rocks, oversized vases and a pergola covered with vines, that serves as a splendid setting to relax in.
4. Akshay Kumar-Twinkle Khanna's Mumbai home: The Front Garden Area
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Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna's sea-facing Mumbai home in the Juhu area has a lush front garden replete with thick and bountiful bougainvillaea bushes and indoor ponds. The garden area also features rope hammocks and a small wooden seating arrangement for morning tea/coffee and breakfast. A separate al fresco seating arrangement in one corner of the front garden area that comprises wooden fencing, a small water fountain, lots of greenery with potted plants all around and the frangipani trees swaying in the wind, a gigantic statue installation to give that overall impression and artistic lamps providing just enough light at night time, is apparently the couples go-to dinner spot.
5. Salman Khan Panvel farmhouse
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Salman Khan's Panvel farmhouse exudes a countryside charm. The acres of greenery combined with a resort-style pool and stunning views make the space ideal to relax amid mother nature.
6. Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai home: Garden area
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Sachin Tendulkar has a special connection with plants or so he says in one of the captions of a video post on Instagram. An elegant garden area comes to life inside his luxurious Mumbai home that features a variety of shrubs, palm trees, and leafy plants. What can be a nature lover's go-to spot, the cricketing legend has kept the space minimalistic with simple wooden patio furniture and a rectangular pond with black marble detailing.
