Garden Vastu Tips (What You Need to Keep in Mind While Designing A Home Garden)
Garden vastu remains one of the most overlooked sections.
While making a home, most people are focused on vastu for rooms and other parts and pay very little attention to the garden area.
But this in no way means that garden vastu is dead.
There’re some intelligent people (like you) who understand (or want to understand) its importance and wish to implement vastu shastra to their gardens too!
So, on that note, let’s begin learning what vastu shastra says about placing (or locating) a garden in a home.
Again, as with everything else in vastu shastra, there’re rules and regulations that you need to follow if you’re planning to have a home garden.
Just before we begin, I want to tell you that the amount of information on garden vastu can become overwhelming; that’s the reason why I’ve divided the article in 2 sections.
The first section is the direction-wise do’s and don’ts of garden vastu and the second section reveals general garden vastu tips.
With this in mind, move forward to the first section of the article i.e. direction-wise do’s and don’ts of garden vastu.
Garden Vastu – Direction-wise do’s and don’ts
Here’s an image that I’ve made for east of understanding garden vastu.
Have a look at it!
Best Arrangement of a Home Garden As Per Vastu Shastra
North
What To Follow
Try to locate the garden towards North.
A Basil (Tulsi) plant in North is good garden vastu.
Smaller shrubs and plants (no cacti and thorny ones except rose)
Swings can be located here.
A water fountain here helps attract wealth (make sure that the water flows towards the home).
An open sitting area in North is very good.
Keeping flower pots here (only on the ground) is auspicious.
What to Avoid
Avoid huge trees.
No clutter
No heavy scriptures, rock garden etc.
South
What to Follow
Huge trees can be planted here (not too close to the home)
Anything heavy such as rock garden etc. is good here.
Less open space here
What to Avoid
No water body
No swimming pool
No clutter
No light weight items
No swings
No pets place
East
What to Follow
Garden in East is also good
Basil can be planted in East
Small shrubs and plants in East are also good
Fruit bearing trees (smaller ones) in East is very good
You can locate swing in East too
East is another good location for water fountain
You can locate an open sitting area here
Placing flower pots in East is good
What to Avoid
No big trees
Absolutely no clutter
No rock garden etc.
Nothing heavy
West
What to Follow
Big trees (mango etc.) can be planted here (not close to the house)
Optionally you can locate a water fountain here
Heavy statues, rock garden, stone scriptures can be located here
What to Avoid
No clutter
No swings
No pets place
North-East
What to Follow
A swimming pool here is the best
A Basil plant here is very auspicious
Flower pots can be kept here (only on the ground)
Best for water fountain. The fountain must flow towards the house.
What to Avoid
No huge trees
No thorny plants
No clutter
Nothing heavy here
North-West
What to Follow
Kid’s play area here is very good
Second best for water fountain
Best for pet’s place and bird’s nest etc.
Place plants for cross pollination
What to Avoid
No heavy things
No clutter
South-East
What to Follow
Rose like plants can be grown here
Plants that need high temperature can be planted here
What to Avoid
No water fountain
No swimming pool here
No clutter
South-West
What to Follow
Tall trees are good here (not close to the house)
Rock garden, heavy exhibits etc. are best here
Jasmine, rose, marigolds etc. are also good here
Keep less open space here
What to Avoid
No water fountain
Absolutely no swimming pool
No clutter
No light weight items
Center
What to Follow
Keep it open and clean
What to Avoid
No swimming pool
No plants
No water fountain
No heavy articles or scriptures
No rock garden etc.
Apart from above direction-wise garden vastu tips, here some general (non-direction wise) vastu tips for garden.
General Garden Vastu – What to Follow (7 Tips)
Always have a healthy Basil (Tulsi) plant within house limits.
Planting Jasmine on either side of pathway is considered auspicious.
Creepers should be grown in the garden only.
Every creeper should have its own support system.
Always keep the garden clean.
Make sure all the plants are healthy & well maintained.
The garden must be peaceful and tranquil.
Place water pot for thirsty birds (it’s good karma!)
General Garden Vastu – What To Avoid (10 Tips)
Avoid thorny plants (such as cactus); they bring tensions and weaken relationships.
Avoid bonsai plants (they depict stunted growth).
No Ber and Bamboo plants within house limits.
Dead leaves, dead plants etc. are strict no.
Avoid artworks depicting negative emotions such as war, crying girl, loneliness etc.
No creepers inside the house.
The compound wall shouldn’t be support of creepers.
No flower pots on compound wall.
The plants in the pots mustn’t be more than 3-4 feet tall.
Milk bearing trees or plants are a strict no.
Alright!
So those were a lot of garden vastu tips; but that’s not all.
I must also tell you that not all plants and trees are equally auspicious; hence you need to pay special attention to what plants you’re sowing in your home garden.
Now, in order to help you with that, I’ve made a small table (that you can see below).
This table shows the plants and trees that are considered auspicious as per garden vastu shastra.
Here’s a list of auspicious plants you can grow in your garden as per vastu.
Auspicious Plants and Trees As Per Vastu Shastra
PlantsTreesCoconutBasilSandalwoodJasmineLemonPomegranateAlmondSaffronPineapplFrangipaniJackfruitChampacaMango Bakul Azadirachta indica (Neem Tree)
Well, that’s all there is to when it comes to garden vastu shastra.
I hope and believe that you’re now aware of how to make the garden in your house a really blissful one.
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