Students plant terrace garden in Milagres college to promote greenery

Team Udayavani, Nov 3, 2019, 4:15 PM IST

Mangaluru: A terrace garden to produce vegetables and promote greenery in the area was planted by the students and faculty members of Milagres College here.

The college so far has planted nearly 500 trees and produces a variety of vegetables including ladies’ finger, pumpkin, tomato, cucumber, gourd and more, which are sold to the people.

“Earlier, we had only three trees on our campus. So I thought, why can’t we convert our campus into a green campus,” Father Micheal Santhumayor, Principal of Milagres College, was quoted speaking to ANI.

“We have planted more than 500 plants. Some of our plants are used for medicinal purposes. We use natural compost, created in our college using dry and wet waste,” he added.

Meanwhile, Florida, a student, a student of the college said, “I am proud to be a student of this college. It is rare to find people doing terrace gardening in Mangaluru. This initiative can inspire people, households and other institutions to start growing crops.”