Apart from meaty roles in movies, gardening gives me a lot of pleasure. I find it therapeutic—it balances my mood. I love fussing over plants so much that even when I live in apartments where I don’t have a garden, I make sure potted plants surround me.

I love growing all kinds of bamboos though vaastu experts advise me against it. However, I am determined to buy some Japanese bamboo. Gardening is my most satisfying pastime. I prune my plants, cross breed them, add fertilisers and change the soil in the pots. I have two palm trees that I take to every new house I move into. I want to have a lawn someday. I can almost visualise a green carpet. It makes me happy to be surrounded by greenery.

—As told to Lata Khubchandani