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.
A
garden is the most beautiful place on this earth, and a man who lives in a
garden lives paradise, for he lives surrounded with beautiful things.
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