Importance of Landscaping Department of Horticulture at Mamillapalli Thriveni
Landscaping plays a crucial role in enhancing the aesthetics, economic value, and health benefits of a property. By transforming the visible features of the land, landscaping improves the overall appearance, reduces pollutants, increases property value, lowers heating and cooling costs, promotes healthier living by filtering pollutants, and contributes to physical and mental well-being. The inclusion of green spaces in urban environments has been linked to improved recovery rates and overall well-being. The landscapes created by the Horticulture Department at Mamillapalli Thriveni serve to create beautiful, functional spaces that benefit both individuals and communities.
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TOPIC :IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPING DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE MAMILLAPALLI . THRIVENI
INTRODUCTION Activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land. Improves the aesthetic appearance of the area by changing its contours, adding ornamental features or planting trees and shrubs. Landscaping is to create a pleasing site character by bringing all the elements of landscape or its part in to harmony. It enhances entrance and open space around the building. Reduce air pollutants-Plants improve the air quality around your home by capturing dust, smoke particles & other pollutants, and it produces oxygen.
ECONOMIC REASONS FOR LANDSCAPING:- Increases the value of your home. Makes your home more attractive to prospective purchasers. Reduces the time your property is on the market. Reduces heating and cooling costs. ECONOMIC BENEFITS:- Properly selected and placed plants can lower home heating and cooling costs by as much as 20%.
HEALTH REASONS FOR LANDSCAPING:- Creates a healthier home by filtering pollutants and providing cleaner air. Keeps the family fit by fostering an active lifestyle. Creates a beautiful environment to decrease your stress levels. Provides privacy.
HEALTH AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL BENEFITS:- You can burn as many calories in 45 minutes of gardening as in 30 minutes of aerobics.One hour of weeding burns 300 calories and manual push mowing of the lawn burns 500 calories per hour. A recent study at the Sloan kettering Institute in Newyork found that women recover from cancer surgery quicker if they spend time a garden. Workers with a view of natural elements, such as trees and flowers, experienced less job pressure, were more satisfied with their jobs and reported fewer ailments and headaches than those who either had no outside view or could only see built elements from their windows.
Gardens offer an environment for people who are sick, and under stress to recover and regain confidence in themselves
ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS FOR LANDSCAPING:- Reduction of storm water runoff reducing local flooding. Control temperature extremes, stay cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Erosion control reducing loss of soils in waterways. Reduction soil degradation. Reduction in noise and air pollution. Reduction the Urban heat island effect . Reduce amount of greenhouse gas. Reduce energy consumption. Reduce water pollution. Recharging ground water supplies. Increase the beauty of cities.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS:- Trees, shrubs, turf, and ground covers trap and filter dust and other pollutants out of rainwater. Plants benefit from the nutrients in this particulate matter and prevent it from becoming a source of water pollution. Landscaping with woody plants along streambanks and shorelines can reduce soil erosion, filter pollutants, and reduce downstream flooding. Rainfall retention, a healthy, sodded lawn absorbs rainfall 6 times more effectively than a wheel field. Plants improve air quality. One tree can remove 26pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually, equaling 11,000 miles of car emissions. One study showed that 1 acre of trees has the ability to remove 13tons of particles and gases annually.
An average tree releases enough oxygen each day to supply a family of four. In urban microclimates plants are useful in moderating the temperature effect of solar and infrared radiation, thus increasing comfort levels. Properly selected and placed plantings absorb sound waves, and can significantly reduce unwanted noise pollution. Additionally, in the presence of breeze, some plants make pleasant sounds of their own.
Case study Utilizing a vertical garden to reduce indoor carbon dioxode in an indoor environment Yarn et al.,2013 NASA has proven that plants help to remove organic volatile compounds from indoor air. Low levels of chemicals such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde can be removed from indoor environments by plant leaves alone. While higher concentrations of numerous toxic chemicals can be removed by filtering indoor air through the plant roots surrounded by activated carbon.
SOCIAL REASONS FOR LANDSCAPING:- Create green buffer zones to increase the livability of our communities. Attractive environment for entertaining and relaxing.
SCOPE OF LANDSCAPING AND GARDENING:- The importance and need of gardening in improving and conserving the environment being strongly felt now, the concept of landscaping and gardening is growing rapidly. Ornamental gardening and landscaping has expanded as a multi-faceted industry encompassing actibies such as Propagating and rearing ornamental plants Landscaping Production of growing media Pots and other accessories Arborists Lawn care technicians Irrigation specialists Horticultural consultants
GOVERNMENT SECTOR EMPOLYMENT:- The nationalized banks ,reserve bank ,state bank put forward an opportunity for post graduates in agriculture and horticulture as agriculture officers ,probationary officers, field officers and rural development officers. Different agricultural universities also employ horticultural postgraduates for distinct posts from concerned field of their specialization. However, for a number of posts for the post of associate professor, assistant professor and other teaching posts but candidates should quality national eligibility test (NET) conducted by UGC/CSIR/ICAR while for senior level posts doctoral degree (Ph.D) in concerned scientist. This examination conducted by the agriculture scientist recruitment board (ASRB), ICAR, New Delhi.
Horticulture officer and Assistant horticulture officer this examinations conducted by public service commission of concerned state. Technical assistant horticulture inspector /food inspector/marketing inspector the eligibility of this examination is B.Sc.(Agriculture) or B.Sc.(Horticulture) and examination conducted by concerned state government.
PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT:- Horticulturist in industries, hotels, golf courses & construction companies. Marketing jobs are also offered by various seed, weedicides, pesticide and insecticide companies. Hands-on gardener Plant scientist A garden designer Research Chemical industry Production of essential oils Machinery Distribution
Computer in Horticulture: Landscape designing, crop modelling and soil modelling public infor - mation, record keeping and databases. Expert systems, communication, sensor technology and internet services etc. Computer technology have significant applications in horticulture.
SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT Own agriculture clinic. Business of nursery raising of fruit plants, ornamental plants, aromatic and medicinal plants and bonsai by the plant material using various techniques such as sexual propagtion (seed) and asexual propagation. Entrepreneurship development in nursery management, landscaping, processing, marketing and protected cultivation of higher value horticultural crops. A horticultural garduate can start their own retailing business of fruits, vegetables and flowers using mobile based agri retailing (MBAR) model.
DIFFERENT JOB POSITIONS IN HORTICULTURAL SECTOR Floriculturist Botanical/ Horticultural Garden Worker Horticultural Consultant Horticultural Therapist: These people can be employed by hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, schools and rehabilitation centres. Greenhouse Manager
Landscape Architect: They plans and designs exterior landscapes for parks, recreational areas, campuses, industrial sites, institutional grounds, shopping malls, and other large projects. These people may be self-employed or work for developmental companies, government agencies, landscape architectural firms, or resorts. Nursery manager Horticultural marketer
CONCLUSION Landscaping is an integral part of our culture and plays an essential role in the quality of our environment, affecting our economic well-being and our physical and psychological health. Landscaping is one of the most cost effective tools for improving and sustaining the quality of life, whether in the city, or the country.
