Bringing tea to the home design landscape

This is the continuum of ideation that the Harmony page is carrying out on extending the realm of tea – and bringing it to the home. This is based on a series of ideations on tea we will be practically discussing at a knowledge innovation program on 30 July, the details of which we will be publishing in this page in the next fortnight.

Here we will briefly broaden our mind on the vicissitudes of tea.  

The tea bush is one that can be potted. This means that there is scope for having artistic mobile pot based mini tea plantations in your high rise building. 

This also means that minor scale sample artisan tea crafting can commence from some a home pot plantation that could range from one shrub to 20 per pot plantation

The tea shrub root design manipulation in sync with nature is also something we will be discussing later, based on collaborations with plastic recycling entrepreneurs.

Interior décor today is replete with non-bio degradable designer products. We are promoting a series of ideations that will transport us back to nature to adorn our homes. 

Even one tea shrub as a sole design of minimalistic style can enhance the look and the feel of the home. It is certainly uncommon. How many homes have you seen so far boasting a tea shrub in their meda midula or balcony (which has to have ample sunlight of course).

A potted tea forest garden is another idea we will be promoting and discussing where the potted tea shrubs can be allowed to grow to the normal height or about 5 feet in a garden or balcony and designed with other fruit or food bearing trees. 

We will be also promoting and discussing – based on expert advice and research the option of growing Jackfruit in artisan mobile root balling methods – as part of the balcony forest garden options ensuring no hurt to the tree –but looking at integrated food sustainability options. Jackfruit and tea (trees) can be grown adjacent, if sunlight distribution is managed equally.

We will feature in the weeks to come experts who can talk of the root balling methods for food security of homes with minimum garden space and the use of such trees to promote interior design crafting and setting a base for children and youth creative ideating.