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HRT 102: Ornamental Horticulture

Credit Hours: 3 (2+1)
Full Marks: 75 (Theory: 50, Practical: 25)

Course Objectives

Upon completion, students will:

Understand the status and importance of ornamental horticulture in Nepal.
Learn the classification, cultivation, and propagation of ornamental plants.
Gain knowledge of landscape gardening principles, design, and plant use.
Study lawn management, bonsai creation, flower arrangements, and indoor gardening.
Learn nursery establishment, post-harvest practices, and commercial cultivation of cut and loose flowers.
Gain practical skills in propagation, pruning, pot culture, landscape design, and floribusiness management.

Importance, history, status, prospects, and constraints of ornamental horticulture.
Classification of ornamental plants (aesthetic/functional, flowering, foliage, climbers, cactus, succulents, bulbous, and by life cycle).
Landscape gardening: definition, history, scope, features, components, factors affecting, design principles, and plant use.
Lawn management: preparation, grass selection, sowing, and maintenance.
Flower arrangements and bonsai: types, styles, materials, history, and management.
Exhibition and judging of ornamental plants, cut and loose flowers, and potted plants.
Nursery establishment: media, containers, equipment, propagation, and structures.
Pre- and post-harvest practices of cut and loose flowers, vase life study.
Indoor gardening, pot culture, display, and hanging baskets.
Commercial cultivation of important cut flowers and loose flowers (Gladiolus, Rose, Tuberose, Orchids, Carnation, Marigold, Chrysanthemum, Gerbera, Bird of Paradise, Anthurium).
Protected cultivation of cut and loose flowers.

S.N.	Topic	No. of Lectures
1	Importance and history of Ornamental Horticulture	2
2	Floriculture industry in Nepal: status, prospects, constraints	4
3	Classification of Ornamental Plants (aesthetic, flowering, foliage, climbers, bulbous)	3
4	Classification based on life cycle (annual, biennial, perennial)	1
5	Landscape gardening: definition, history, scope, features, components	2
6	Landscape gardening: factors affecting, elements, styles, steps	2
7	Principles of landscape gardening design & plant use in design	2
8	Lawn management: preparation, grass selection, sowing, maintenance	2
9	Flower arrangements: importance, styles, materials, Eastern & Western types	2
10	Bonsai: history, plant selection, style, management	2
11	Exhibition & judging of ornamental plants, flowers, potted plants	1
12	Nursery establishment: media, containers, equipment, propagation, structures	4
13	Pre- & post-harvest practices of cut & loose flowers; vase life study	2
14	Indoor gardening: care, pot culture, display, hanging baskets	1
15	Commercial cultivation of important cut & loose flowers	6
16	Protected cultivation of cut & loose flowers	2
Total		30

S.N.	Topic	No. of Practicals
1	Preparation of flower/seed/nursery beds	1
2	Media preparation, potting, repotting of ornamental plants	1
3	Preparation of lawn	1
4	Bonsai preparation	1
5	Flower arrangement practices	1
6	Cultivation practices of seasonal cut flowers	1
7	Maintenance of indoor plants	1
8	Landscape gardening design practice	1
9	Training practices of ornamental plants	1
10	Pruning practice of ornamental plants	1
11	Propagation practices in ornamental plants (cutting, layering, grafting, budding)	2
12	Herbarium collection & identification of ornamental plants	1
13	Project on floribusiness enterprises	1
14	Visit to nursery/flori farm at local level	1
Total		15

Arora, J.S. (1990). Introductory Ornamental Horticulture. Kalyani Publisher, New Delhi.
Randhawa, G.S., & Mukhopadhyhy, A. (1986). Floriculture in India. Allied Publisher, India.
Lauria, A., & Victor, H.R. (2001). Floriculture: Fundamentals and Practices. Agrobios, India.
Bose, T.K., & Yadav, L.P. (1989). Commercial Floriculture. Naya Prakash, Calcutta.