Green Vastu
Vaastu Shastra is an environmental science written about some 7,000 - 10,000 years ago in India by men of great wisdom known as Rishis.
Plants bring positive energy to our day-to-day life. It is important to place the indoor plants in the right direction in the house to bring prosperity, happiness, health, and good luck. Keeping indoor plants at the right place according to the Vastu Shastra will guard the house and its members against negative energies.
A subtle blend of design, shape, color, appropriate plants, water bodies can enhance the positive vibrations in and around a house. Office, homesteads, multistoried building, housing complex, hospital, library school, and college building and its surrounding places should be decorated with garden to make the place attractive with enchanting beauties and at the same time, it keeps the environment well. The garden should be made on the north-east side of the house.
Flower pots should not be kept on the wall of the building in the north, east, or north-east as it would result in blockage of light and air from these directions.
The trees which have big leafs will have to be planted on the south-west side and the fruit tree will have to be planted in the middle of these two.
The houses by the side of the big road should be planted with Neem and Ashok trees. Neem protects from pollution and insects and the Ashok tree protects from sound pollution.
The lotus plant is one of the most widespread items in both feng shui and religions. it carries a positive wave that can bring about auspicious luck in academic success, social status, and good fortune.
The trees with thorns like cactus should also be avoided But the rose is an exception (danger). Thorny succulent plants must not be grown within the house limits. Cacti are considered very dangerous and harmful for a residential unit. They purport to bring tensions and create fractious relationships. If you keep them, it is preferable to keep them separately, and outside the house.
The Ber plant should not be cultivated within the house limits. It increases enemity.
No large plant should be planted exactly in the center of a site.
The Garden must not have any fountain in the center. A swimming pool in the center, towards the South, South-East or South-West and even the North-West created undue events. It leads to loss of health & wealth of the residents. A swimming pool/fountain is favorable in the Northeast, North, East, or even in the West. There is no harm if pet animals and bird's nests are in the northwest corner.
No plant brought from a temple, bank of a river, stolen from any place, or given by a person whom you dislike, should be planted in your plot. Saplings brought from a nursery should be planted.
Money Plant: The money plant can be placed inside the house to bring in good luck and prosperity. There is no harm to have a money plant in the house. However, it should not be planted outside the house with the support of a tree, etc.
Banyan and Pipal (Aswatha) are sacred trees; they should usually only be planted near a temple or at a sacred place.
Any big or small, proper or improper, the tree should not be planted in front of the main entrance of the building in any direction. Banana, Papaya, Mango, Pineapple, Lemon Nilgiri, Ashoka or Jamun trees, etc.
You can keep decorative plants in a garden, but they should not be more than three feet tall.
If a tree must be removed because it is inauspicious or for other reasons, it should be removed in the months of Magh or Bhadrapada. The day before cutting the tree, worship it and express regret that it must be removed from its rooting. Promise to plant a new tree in its place. Do so within three months. When cutting the tree, it should fall east or north, not south or west.
A Tulsi(Basil) plant, is a very positive influence within the limits of a house. It is always good to grow a Tulasi plant on one’s property. Tulasi should be located on the north, northeast, or east sides of the house, or in front of the house.