GARDENING
By a garden is meant a piece of
land for growing fruits, vegetables and flowers, Fruits satisfy our physical
needs, but flowers give us aesthetic pleasure.
Gardening has been in vogue since
the days a of Adam.
When, for disobedience, he was
driven out of heaven, God said that he would have to labour hard to earn his
livelihood. So when Eve span at home, Adam delved or dug in the field. This
shows that digging of the earth has been in vogue since the beginning of the
earthly life for growing fruits and vegetables. The culture of flowers was taken
up at a later period when man had advanced in taste.
The growing of fruits and vegetables
was a necessity. In the beginning these supplied man’s food. That is, man lived
on these. A garden of fruit trees or plants is commonly called an orchard. But
one of vegetables or small plants is called a garden, as a vegetable garden, a
tea garden etc. An enclosed place where flowers or other beautiful small plants
are grown is always called a garden, as the Shalimar Garden.
By a garden now a day we generally mean a plot of land where flowers and
beautiful plants are grown.
From the time imm'emoria1 man has
been paying special attention to the cultivation and planning of gardens. The Hanging Gardens
of Babylon, the Kew
Gardens of England are instances on this point.
The botanical gardens everywhere prove man’s love of flowers and beautiful
plants.
The Mughals were noted for their
planning of gardens. During their reign there was no important place without its
garden or gardens. It is said that Feroz Shah Tughlaq alone got twelve hundred
gardens prepared in the neighborhood of Delhi.
Gardening is a hobby with many. They
find pleasure in undertaking labor for the plants which they treat as their near
and clears ones. The story of Shakuntala’s love for her plants may be cited
here. Tahari the flower plants she nourished were as dear as her own begotten
children. When she was leaving for her husband’s place, she was feeling very keenly
for her plants. She requested her friends to show motherly care and affection
for them in her absence.
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