Horticulturist

SG-2(Corresponding badge for under 14Yrs 6 months – JG-2-Gardner)

Objective: - Be able to show the skill and the knowledge of home gardens, and the management thereof..

1. Pass or repass the Gardner Badge

2. Name 5 of the following pointed out in a park or a garden :- trees, shrubs, rock plants, grasses, herbs etc.

3. Prepare and discuss with the examiner, either a plan for a lay out of an herbaceous border with particular reference to continuity of bloom, colour schemes, and comparative height, or a plan for an ornamental bed of trees, plans, shrubs, bulbs etc. to give bloom all year round

4. Give a plan for a 10-rod allotment for supplying vegetables for one year, listing the seeds needed.

5. Show a fruit tree pruned by himself and discuss the principals and the purpose of pruning

6. Discuss and show the examiner how to propagate plants by seed, division, cuttings, layering, budding, and grafting

7. Give names of 5 varieties of fruit grown in Sri Lanka

8. Understand the importance of controlling the pests and diseases. Know how to use sprays, dust, grease bands.

9. Know how to cultivate and maintain the fertility of his own garden soil

10. Understand the dangers of pesticides, insecticides, weedicides, and the use of chemical fertilizer.