MCD’s 1st school of gardening complete

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)’s horticulture department has finished the construction of its first school of gardening at the Roshanara Bagh in north Delhi, and is currently reaching out to universities across the capital to see if students want to attend practical gardening courses which will be offered at the school, said officials have said.

- Aaditya Khatwani

It is located in the nursery section of the garden, next to the high tech nursery and a newly set up arboretum. It is a one-floor structure with three rooms, one each for an office, a kitchen, and a classroom capable of seating 70 students.

The classroom is equipped with a portable projector, and the boards on the walls carry details about the garden’s flora. The boards list the trees, climbers and creepers, and indoor plants the garden has, next to further details about them such as when they flower, their botanical names, as well as when the seeds of the trees can be collected and their methods of propagation.