Principles of Landscaping & Gardening

ABOUT THE COURSE:Landscaping is the art of planning a piece of land and its surroundings for comfort, enjoyment, and use by people. This course covers the basics of landscaping and gardening, teaching key principles like the elements of design and how to create features like lawns, rockeries, and water gardens. Participants will explore different types of gardens, from vertical to roof gardens, and parks, and learn about designs, paths, and plant choices, including climbers, annuals, and palms. The program also looks at landscaping in public spaces, historical sites, and homes, with a focus on plant selection for various settings like homes, institutions, and corporate spaces, highlighting both aesthetic and practical aspects. The objective of this course is to create a visually pleasing and functionally integrated garden for the enjoyment of people, buildings, and the site. This is the demand of our society that every person takes part in the development of a sustainable environment around us and this is possible the knowledge of the basics of gardening and landscapingINTENDED AUDIENCE: B.Sc. Botany and Agriculture students. But anyone who would like to beautify their surroundings can join this course.PREREQUISITES: 12thINDUSTRY SUPPORT : The industry works for outdoor design.

Week 1:

• Basics of landscaping and gardening and its components.
• Elements and Principles of landscaping and gardening.

Week 2:

• Methods of Plant Propagation
• Burlapping
• Planning and planting of special types of gardens like rockery, water gardens, etc.

Week 3:

• Introduction and features of the Garden

Week 4:

• Different types of gardens, vertical gardens, roof gardens, parks, and public gardens.

Week 5:

• Landscaping in a place of public importance, historical importance, and worship.

Week 6:

• Landscaping in home gardens, venues, colonies, river banks, and playgrounds.

Week 7:

• Planting climbers and creepers, annual, flowering plants, palms, ferns, grasses, and cacti succulents.
• Planting herbaceous and shrubbery borders.
• Lawn making
• Adornments in lawn making

Week 8:

• Introduction of Ornamental Plants
• Selection of ornamental plants for home gardens
• Selection of ornamental plants for institutional gardens
• Selection of ornamental plants for avenue planting.