Modern trends in gardening
Terrarium/bottle garden/dish garden; Aquaponics, Hydroponics; terrace gardening—designing, selection of plants, Vertical garden, Kitchen gardening - Design, types of vegetables grown; Water garden and rockery, Green house –components, types, care and maintenance.
Plant Propagation
Garden tools and implements; Soil preparation : soil types, soil treatment, organic manures and fertilizers, natural pesticides; growth promoters, growth regulators and growth retarders; irrigation methods; Routine duties in a garden; Plant propagation – Types of Propagation - Seed propagation, vegetative propagation/asexual propagation – layering, cutting, grafting, budding; Micro propagation/ tissue culturing; Care of plants – potting - repotting techniques, pruning, disbudding, defoliation, staking and mulching.
Floriculture
Floriculture: Scope and significance, cut flowers, postharvest treatment and packaging of cut flowers, perfume industry, flower pigments, aromatherapy; Floriculture for income generation: Orchid, Anthurium, Jasmine and rose gardening, value addition in floriculture. Preservation techniques – Dry and fresh flowers and other plant materials.
- Teacher: sheeba gopalakrishnan