The document provides information about various gardening and landscaping topics. It discusses gardening, landscaping, kitchen gardening, seasonal flowers, greenhouses, organic farming, grafting, and vermicomposting. Specifically, it defines gardening and landscaping, lists the purposes of kitchen gardening and benefits of landscaping. It also explains the basic elements of landscape design, seasonal vegetables, tips for growing seasonal flowers, types of greenhouses, what is organic farming, the process of grafting, and how to set up vermicomposting with worms.

1. Gardening
• Gardening is the
practise of
growing and
cultivating plants.
• In garden,
ornamental plants
are often grown
for their flowers,
foilage, useful
plants, such as
vegetable ,fruits,
herbs and flower .

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Landscaping
Why Landscaping
Growing Vegetable
Seasonal Flowers
Green House
Organic Farming
Grafting
Vermicomposting .

3. What is landscaping?
• Landscaping refers to any
activity that modifies the
visible features of an area
of land, including :-
1. Living elements flora or
fauna.
2. Natural elements such as
landforms, terrain shape
and elevation, or bodies of
water
3. Human elements such as
structures, buildings,
fences or other material
objects created and/or
installed by humans

4. • Color
• Form
• Line of sight
• Scale or balance
• Texture
5 basic elements of landscape design

5. Elements of landscape
• Natural
• Manmade
Natural
Plants/vegetation
Water
Earth
Landform
Timber
Stone
Manmade
Brick
Metal
Plastic
Glass

6. WHY DO WE NEED
LANDSCAPING?

7. Can increase esthetic
value and beautification
for indoor and outdoor
landscape.
1. Beautification

8. 2. Ecology & Environment Control

9. Fences serve several purposes
for your home. A nice fence
can not only keep pets &
children in your yard, but
they can also be a beautiful
way of marking property
lines, giving privacy from
neighbours, or even just an
accent to your landscaping.
3. Fencing

10. 4. Recreation & Creates Green
Space for Human Rest

11. Vegetables Kitchen Gardening

12. • The main purpose of a kitchen garden is to provide
food for the family.
• To save the amount incurred on kitchen vegetables.
• The saving so made is utilized for other beneficial
purposes.
• In ancient times, kitchen gardens were the sole
source of food in a mainly vegetarian diet.
• In the modern era, the kitchen garden supplements
the food budget and provides balanced nutrition in a
hurried, ready-made-meal world.
Purpose of kitchen Gardening

13. • To Save Money, Vegetables from your own garden cost less.
• Home Grown Vegetables are Healthier
• You Know What Has Been Put On Them
• Home Grown Vegetables and Herbs Taste Better
• Growing Your Own Vegetables is Satisfying
• Aesthetic value
• Hobby
• Exercise
• You can grow fruits , vegetables
and herbs on your own choice
Advantages of Kitchen Gardening

14. Summer Vegetables Winter Vegetables
Gourds Hot Carrot Cabbage
Tinda Tomato Turnip Coriander
Cucumber Potato Radish Methi
Brinjal Ginger Spinach Garlic
Turmeric Beans Sarsoon Onion
Bitter Gourd Water Melon Cauli Flower Peas
Summer & Winter Vegetables

15. Growing Seasonal Flowers

16.  Seeds must be best quality to give out healthy
blooms
 Collect your own plants or buy seeds from
nurseries for starting new plants
 Packet of Flowering Plant seeds
 Buy according to the label from reputed plant
nurseries
 Only good quality seeds sprout and within ten
days you see new life
Important Tips to Grow plants from Seeds

17. Best time after winters
before spring
Early January, here in India or
February and March, climate is
great for planting new seeds

18. Green House Preparing

19. Green House
• A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse ) is a building or
complex in which plants are grown.
• These structures range in size from small sheds to industrial-
sized buildings. A miniature greenhouse is known as a cold
frame.
• A greenhouse is a structural building with different types of
covering materials, such as a glass or plastic roof and glass or
plastic walls; it heats up because incoming visible sunshine is
absorbed inside the structure.
• Air warmed by interior surfaces is retained in the building by
the roof and wall.

20. Types of Green houses
• Greenhouses can be divided into glass greenhouses
and plastic greenhouses.
• In domestic greenhouses the glass used is typically
3mm horticultural glass which is not generally as
clear as that used in a residential or office building.
• Plastics mostly used are polyethylene film and
multiwall sheets of polycarbonate material,
or acrylic glass.
• Commercial glass greenhouses are for vegetables or
flowers. The glass greenhouses are filled with
equipment such as, heating, cooling and lighting, and
may be automatically controlled by a computer.

21. Organic Farming

22. What is organic farming
Organic farming is the form of agriculture that
relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure,
compost and biological pest control to maintain soil
productivity and control pests on a farm.
Organic farming excludes or strictly limits the use
of manufactured fertilizers, pesticides (which include
herbicides, insecticides and fungicides), plant growth
regulators such as hormones, livestock antibiotics, food
additives, and genetically modified organisms

23. Organic Farming
 Organic farming is better for wildlife
 Organic farming is better for the soil
 Organic food is better for animal reproduction
 Organic food helps fight cancer, stroke and
heart problems
 Organic food contains more nutrients
 Organic apples are …. just better!
 Organic farming can feed the world
 Organic farming protects the climate
 Organic farming produces higher yields in
drought Conditions
 Organic food is safer
Why Organic Food Is Better Than Conventional Food

24. Grafting

25. Grafting
• The process of
joining two plants so
they grow together
as one
• Improves varieties
with poor rooting
ability
• Bottom is root stock
• Top is scion

26. Grafting can be done
• Hardwood
• Done when wood is dormant
• Fruit trees
• Grapevines
• Ornamental & Bonsai

27. Creative grafting

28. Vermicomposting

29. • Composting with “vermi”
• Worms break down
organic material and turn
it into a usable form of
compost
• This compost is
extremely high in
nutrients.
What is Vermi-composting?

30. Castings
Buncha Crunch
Worms
Eisenia foetida

31. • Produces compost that can be used in
gardens/houseplants
• Great for the environment
Compared to ordinary soil,
vermicompost has :
5x more Nitrogen
7x more Phosphorus
1.5x more Calcium
11x more Potassium
3x more Magnesium
Why Vermicompost?

32. • Can be done inside or outside
• Little to no smell emitted as long as the box
is maintained
• Can be a large or small container
Where to Compost?

33. Setting Up A Bin
You need:
• Tupperware Bin
• Newspaper
• Peat moss/soil
• Spray bottle
• Worms
Directions:
①Drill holes in
Tupperware box for
drainage and
ventilation
②Shred newspaper into
1 inch strips.
③Add newspaper into
box along with
soil/peat moss
④Spray Bin
⑤Add Worms(1000
worms=1lb of worms)

34. Vermicompost Bins
• Small bins that can fit easily under a desk or outside in a
common area
• Will emit little to no smell if maintained
• Will decrease the amount of food and paper thrown away.
• Compost can be collected every few months and added to
gardens/greenhouses
• Students and school will be more sustainable

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