week four

this week we dug up the flower beds making a circler hole surrounded by pansies. we used trowels and shovels to dig the whole. one problem encountered when digging the hole was removing the rocks in the ground. we placed tulip bulbs in the hole going in a spiralling circle.

we then had to cover the bulbs with compost and then cover the whole with the soil. finally we had to water the flower bed. The rest of the class was spent maintaining the flower beds and the flowers planted previously also we continued to remove any weeds. another problem was the amount of soil that came out of the flower beds and ended up on the paths. this meant we had a lot of extra work sweeping it back on.

we had to turn and brake the soil on the three raised flower beds we used a rake to do this. we also used a rake when evening out the flower beds.

HORTICULTURE WEEK 2

In the second week of horticulture we moved on the the flower beds surrounding the outside of the courtyard.once again we had to weed the flower beds before planting anything, forks cultivators and trowels were once again used to remove the weeds. a rake had to be used to remove the top loose layer of soil covering the weeds.we planted plants that once again appealed to the sens of smell with more lavender plants, but also this time using grasses we appealed to the sense of sound with the grass blowing in the wind.

The plants were mainly small in size so where planted in neat groups of the same type of plant. each plants was about six inches apart.we worked in pairs one digging the other applying the compost. 
major difficulties were encountered when weeding as the top layer of soil hid most of the weeds so rakes had to be used to remove this layer

we dug one big hole using spades about the depth of one plant for each type of plant. then the plants were placed in the whole about a fingers with apart.
continuing with the garden appealing to the senses, this week the plants appealed to the sense of smell. and the grasses blowing in the wind appealed to the sense of sound.other plants we planted were thyme witch once again appealed to the sense of smell   
 
we then covered them with compost and refiled the hole.  then we watered them and continued weeding until all the weeds had been removed.

WEEK1 -

during the first week of horticulture we planted many plants such as:

• pansies
• lavender
• curry plant
• lemon palm

 
before we planted any plants we had to remove any weeds that had grown in the garden throughout the last year. we used trowels forks and cultivators to remove and turn ground. we then dug holes using the trowels and shovels to place the plants in. Each plant was a certain distance a way from each other to give the garden a layout and make it look sharper. 

The aim of the garden was to peoples senses, touch,smell,sight,hearing and taste. The sense that we worked on this week was the sense of smell as the plants all giving strong smells.

To plant these plants we first had to dig a hole deep enough to fit the roots in, then we covered it up with compost and watered the plants. the wide range of colors and smell applied to both senses of smell and sight witch made the garden very appealing to all.