The making of a Model Herb Garden
September 2011

To develop ethno-botanical knowledge of medicinal plants and their uses in medicine and other fields, the students are developing a model herb garden to showcase the native medicinal plants. Students of Omega from different classes volunteered to stay back at school and work on this project during the month of September.

To conserve space the students  are using a concept called square foot gardening where the layout have been designed like a chess board grid of one square foot each and plants have placed in each grid and numbered for identification. Students have prepared the soil bed using organic farming methods and planted around 50 native medicinal plants.

Other projects are in the making in Omega to sensitise the students about bio conservation. From October onwards, students will be allotted periods in their timetable to participate in these projects on a regular basis.