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Compounds around our educational institutes such as Schools and Colleges are generally grossly neglected. It is a pity that the importance of landscaping in schools and colleges is not properly understood by the authorities. As a result, the campus present a bare and neglected appearance.
A planned and properly landscaped school building brings a world of difference in appearance and beauty than an unplanned one. Moreover, a good garden in the campus inculcates aesthetic sense to our younger generation.
It is imperative that our administrators and citizens should take landscaping of campus seriously and while planning any architectural design for educational buildings it should incorporate in it a landscape' design also. Instead of taking up gardening of the campus in bits, it is necessary to have a master plan of the whole area and to implement it in phases, according to the resources available.
The general recommendation is to plant large trees in the school compound. In the periphery of the school campus, along the rear and wings, a thick belt of large shady trees should be planted to bring down noise and cut down dust and storms. This plantation will also help keep down severe heat and cold. The front should be planted with medium sized flowering trees for beauty. The trees should not completely obstruct the view of the building from outside.