THE GURUKUL, a heaven on earth

By means to serve as ways for students to study nature, to learn work habits and a necessity tool for outdoor science and environmental education, the trend of maintaining gardens with the school premises began to appear in the early 1900s. Although gardens have been a part of schools since then, growing emphasis on hands-on learning and active participation has encouraged more schools to add gardens in all shapes and sizes to their school yards.
Green playgrounds often create a center of attention and children reportedly able to do more things in greener playgrounds, making their play period more refreshing and also increase their attention performance.

Lush-green carpet grass gently rising towards a side taking the experience of gardening to all new heights; with a star of shining pebbles around a palm tree for making even the tired eyes twinkle with joy, is what you witness the moment you enter THE GURUKUL, Sector 20. The school was placed in the category for the best maintained garden on its campus for the ninth consecutive year in the recent ‘Spring Fest-09’, the annual flower festival of Panchkula, organised by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA).

Considering the garden just as kids in school, the principal of THE GURUKUL, Harsimran Kaur says , “ The school management have been bringing up the garden just like their own kids. “There is no substitute for personal attention. We have a dedicated and hardworking team of gardener, under the supervision of the Horticulture Department under a head, Vandana, who smiles along with the grinning flowers.
You may find it incredible but they spend good two to three hours daily taking care of each and every flower, along with the evergreens. For, the flowers bring bloom to their lives, she adds Harsimram Kaur, who backs up with the fact that the school has been winning the best maintained gardens ever since the school came into existence.

Describing, what special the team does to maintain the gardens, Harsimran’s team has no extraordinary ways to make the gardens looks as beautiful as a paradise, apart from a unique vision of Sanjay Thareja, the director of the school.. Calling it, a Bird of Paradise, the animals shaped plants have different selected messages written of them, “Don’t touch, it Hurts”.

But Why Have a Garden?
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When to water depends to a great extent on what part of the city you live in, the kind of plants you grow and the time of year. In summer, it is best to water plants early in the morning, as this will keep them damp during the hot part of the day. This applies especially to newly planted bedding plants and vegetables, which may need to be watered again in the afternoon if the weather is hot — and in very hot, dry weather may even need watering at midday as well to keep them from flagging. The watering time is not so important for well-established trees and shrubs, but if you water at midday a lot of the moisture will be lost from evaporation.

Late afternoon watering is not always advisable: certain plants, such as roses, dahlias and tomatoes, are prone to mildew; a fungus disease which is encouraged if the foliage of the plants is damp in the evening. Plants which need a high humidity in summer, such as fuchsias, azaleas and ferns, will benefit from having their foliage lightly sprinkled at midday if the weather is very hot and dry, particularly in the winter rainfall regions and other areas which have dry summer conditions.
In winter, the watering pattern tends to change. In frost-free regions, morning watering is still probably the best, but in colder areas where frost is a problem it is better to wait until the damp soil has dried out a little and conditions are warmer. Plants with soft, new leaves (such as bedding plants and vegetables) should not be watered late in the afternoon as the drops of water on the foliage could turn to ice during the night and cause a great deal of damage. So in the colder regions, it is best to water the garden between early and mid-morning during the winter months.