Government of Andhra Pradesh

A.P. Greening and Beautification CorporationProceedings of training on “Gardening & Landscape Management”

From 22.11.2018 to 24.11.2018, held at Olive Tree Hotel, Vijayawada

As per the Hon’ble Chief Minister of AP vision and the “Mission Harita Andhra

Pradesh“ theme “Green cover for a happy living”, the State Government aims to increase the

green cover in the state to 50% by 2029. In order to achieve the above goal and to equip all

the stakeholders AP Greening and Beautification Corporation, Vijayawada has conducted

three (3) days training programme for the Horticulture supervisors of ADC, Green Cross,

VMC, APG&BC Vijayawada to thirty eight (38) officers on Gardening and Landscape

management.

Date and Venue

The training programme was organised from 22nd to 24th November 2018 at the Olive

Tree Hotel in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

Training and Schedule

Panel speakers were invited from APG&BC, Vijayawada who were having expertise

in designing, gardening, arboriculture, plant protection, nutrition, vertical gardening and

parks management. The details of speakers and topics are furnished here under Annexure I.

Annexure – I: Programme schedule for Training on Gardening and

Landscape Management from 22nd to 24th November 2018

Date Duration Subject & resource person

22.11.2018 10:00 – 10:30 Registration & Introduction of participants

10:30 – 12-00 Recent trends in landscaping and quality parameters - Mr. N. Chandra Mohan Reddy I.F.S., MD, APG&BC.

12:00 – 13:30 Garden concepts & components - Mr.K. Pundarikakshudu, Heritage Horti-Tech Pvt Ltd.

14:30 – 16:00 Planting techniques, Estimation / Quotation preparation & record keeping - Mr. S. Mustafa, GM

(Projects), APG&BC.

16:00 – 17:30 Lawn Development and maintenance – Dr. M.G. Devamuni Reddy, GM (R&T), APG&BC.

23.11.2018 09:00 – 10:30 Specifications in hardscape works – Sri.D. Balarami Reddy, GM (T), APG&BC.

10:30 –12.00 Hardscaping in parks and gardens – Mr. P. Satyanarayana, Senior Landscape architect, APG&BC.

12:00– 13:30 Drip / Popup / Sprinkler irrigation designing & maintenance-Mr.Abhijit Chawan, M/s Netafim irrigations.

14:30 – 18:30 Field visit

24.11.2018 09:00 – 13:00 Field visit

14:00 – 15:00 Maintenance of Central medians, Selection of quality seedlings – Y.Ramarao, ZM (Central Zone), APG&BC.

15:00 – 16:00 Nutrient management – Dr. M. Ravindra Babu, Scientist (Horticulture), Dr.YSR H University.

16:00 – 17:00 Pest & disease management – Mr. I.V.Subba Reddy, Asst. Manager, BASF

17:00 – 18:00 Distribution of certificates and wrap up

Presentations

1. Recent trends in landscaping and quality parameters – N. Chandra Mohan Reddy

Explained about the recent advances which has taken place in the landscape industry. He has brought together the flora of all the continents which he has personally seen into one place in his presentation. He has shown the varied structures built to accommodate the flora and fauna in parks and the quality parameters to maintain them.

2. Garden concepts & components – K. Pundarikakshudu

Previously only softscape (trees/plants) make up a garden, but now there’s an advancement which includes hardscape and water to make it look more natural. Ideally, a well-designed landscape incorporates a balance between the two elements. In order to break the monotony and to enhance the beauty, a garden should contain components of varying nature, which was well explained in this class.

3. Planting techniques, Estimation / Quotation preparation & record keeping – S. Mustafa

There’s an ideal planting technique for each plant and it differs one from another, for example we cannot place a bulb deep inside and a deep rooted plant on the subsurface level. Either way it leads to death of the plant. All these planting techniques the depth and the pit size for different trees, hedge plants etc. was explained by S. Mustafa. Not only that he has explained how to prepare a quotation and also how to maintain the records in the measurement book to avoid problems in the future.

4. Lawn Development and maintenance – Dr. M.G. Devamuni Reddy

The heart of a garden is the Lawn. A lush green lawn is refreshing especially during summer and is the best foreground to enjoy the charm and beauty of the ornamental plants and features. Its development and maintenance, the quantity required/m2, intervals of mowing, nutrient deficiency disorders was explained in detail.

5. Specifications in hardscape works – Sri.D. Balarami Reddy

In this presentation, how to make an estimate for development of landscape i.e. cost of material for Cu.m, labour charges (transportation, planting, application of fertilizers), water charges etc. for different pit sizes and the number of plant species, their quantity required was well explained in detail.

6. Hardscaping in parks and gardens – Mr. P. Satyanarayana

Mr. Satyanarayana has explained in detail the equal importance of Hardscaping in parks and gardens. Hardscape can be thought of as "hard," yet movable, parts of the landscape, like gravel, paving, and stones. It is solid and unchanging but have different effects on the environment.

7. Drip / Popup / Sprinkler irrigation designing & maintenance- Mr.Abhijit Chawan

Irrigation is one of the most important factors to be considered while maintaining a garden.  Effective irrigation will influence the entire growth process from seedbed preparation, germination, root growth, nutrient utilisation, plant growth and regrowth, yield and quality. The development of automated irrigation systems has made life simple and easy.

8. Maintenance of Central medians, Selection of quality seedlings – Y.Ramarao

Plantation is one of the most important constituents of soft landscaping. Trees, shrubs and climbers have been used to enhance the soft natural ambience against harsh elements in most of the enhancement schemes. The planting species are decided based on the physical growth characteristics of trees, like form and shape, foliage pattern, growth rate, branching pattern, soil characteristics and conditions of the strip like water logged areas etc. While selecting the species of trees for landscaping a great care should be taken to choose the species. On the other hand, if a pure avenue of single species is planted for a considerable length of the road, it gives a harmonious and pleasing look. It is, therefore, essential that mixtures of different species should be avoided and pure avenues of a single species be planted over long stretches of road. This will enhance the aesthetic quality and will also render management easier.

9. Nutrient management – Dr. M. Ravindra Babu

Nutrient management is managing the amount, form, placement and timing of nutrient applications (whether as animal waste, commercial fertiliser, or other forms of nutrients) to plants. The purpose is to supply plant nutrients for optimum forage and crop yields, minimise entry of nutrients to surface and ground water and to maintain or improve soil condition. All

the essential nutrients required for the plants, their deficiency symptoms and their management was explained in detail.

Field visit

A field visit was conducted for the trainees. They were taken to the different plantation sites like the central medians on the highway on NH, Kesarapalli pond where fertigation and lawn management were explained (Fig.2, 3), Miyawaki plantation in Vambay colony, Avtar park where different plant species were planted and finally to the Durga temple flyover where vertical gardening is done and other landscaping project done by our technical team.

Fig. 1: At NH 16

Fig. 2: At Keserapalli pond

Fig. 3: Lawn management explained by Dr. D. G. Muni Reddy

Fig. 4: Miyawaki plantation at Vambay colony

Fig. 5: At Avtar park

Fig. 6: At Durga temple flyover

Interactive session was given after each class for the trainees to clarify their queries. On the final day certificates were given for the trainees and the list of the trainees is given in Annexure II.

List of participants

S.No Name Designation Name of the ULB/ Organization

1 B. Venkata Subba Reddy

Rtd. Forest Range Officer

ADCL

2 K. Gopal Reddy Rtd. Forest Range Officer

ADCL

3 B. Chinna Reddaiah Rtd. Forest Range Officer

ADCL

4 P. Sri Krishna Murali Mohana Rao

Rtd. Forest Range Officer

ADCL

5 P. Purna Chandra Rao

Rtd. Forest Section Officer

ADCL

6 K. Adinarayana Rtd. Forest Section Officer

ADCL

7 M. Subbaiah Rtd. Forest Section Officer

ADCL

8 U. Ramudu Rtd. Forest Section Officer

ADCL

9 P. Nishma Thanuja Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

10 P. Ravi Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

11 N. Subhash Dayan Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

12 V. Murali Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

13 M. Kiran Maruthi Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

14 P. Sandeep Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

15 B. Pamoji Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

16 S.C. Venkataramana Naik

Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

17 N. Suresh Babu Field Supervisory Officer

ADCL

18 M. Nageswara Rao Horticulture Officer VMC19 T. Hari Babu Horticulture Officer VMC20 SK. Saidulu Field Supervisory

OfficerVMC

21 B. Prasad Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

22 G. Sai Kiran Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

23 G. Sudhakar Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

24 M. Praveen Kumar Reddy

Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

25 K. Monika Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

26 B. Vani Kumari Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

27 T. Gopi Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

28 D. Lingeswaraiah Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

29 R. Ramesh Horticulture Supervisor

CRDA

30 B. Siva Kedari Horticulture Officer Eluru Municipal Corporation

31 K. Srinivasulu Field Supervisory Officer

Nellore Municipal Corporation

32 T. Sekhar Horticulture Supervisor

APG & BC

33 Y. Chinnarao Horticulturist34 M. Appalanaidu Horticulture

SupervisorAPG & BC

35 K.V. Chaitanya Horticulturist APG & BC36 S. Ramasudhakar Horticulture In

ChargeGreen Cross

37 K. Surya Pravallika Horticulture Supervisor

Green Cross

38 V. Bhuvaneswari Devi

Horticulture Supervisor

Green Cross

39 K. Apparao Horticulture Supervisor

Green Cross