Gardener

JG-2(Corresponding badge for over 14Yrs 6 months – SG-2 Horticulturist)

Objective:-Demonstrate basic skills in handling plants and looking after them in a garden

1. Cultivate for 12 months a piece of ground, plan plant and grow successfully three kinds of vegetables and/or flowers (even using pots)

2. Be able to identify 12 plants pointed out in an ordinary garden

3. Discuss with the examiner different treatment needed for different plants, and be able to plan colour in a flower bed or border

4. Know how to make a compost heap, and the principals of fertilizing with manure

5. Demonstrate or explain to the examiner your knowledge on vertical gardening