Idle Thai taxis go green with mini gardens on car roofs

Miniature gardens planted on the roofs of unused taxis in Bangkok (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Taxi fleets in Thailand are giving new meaning to the term “rooftop garden”, as they utilise the roofs of cabs sat idle because of the pandemic to serve as small vegetable plots.

Workers from two taxi co-operatives assembled the miniature gardens this week using black plastic rubbish bags stretched across bamboo frames. They added soil on top and planted a variety of crops, including tomatoes, cucumbers and string beans.