Gardening - Floriculture Workshop
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| In the gardening - floriculture workshop the students learn about the various species of plants and the differences between them, the methods of cultivation, the stages of growth, the materials and tools that are used for their cultivation but above all our aim is to help them to realise the usefulness and importance of plants in every day life and to be occupied creatively during school hours. | ||
| In the workshop we cultivate vegetables and ornamental plants. According to the period of the year, we grow seasonal vegetables but we also grow off-season vegetables in the greenhouse of our school. As far as the ornamental plants are concerned, we grow annual, perrenial and bulb-type ornamental plants, perrenial ornamental bushes and trees as well as aromatic and pharmaceutical plants. Thus, in a practical way, our students are taught the growing stages of plants (vegetation, blossoming, pollination, fructification), the methods of ground preparation (tillage, fertilization) the ways of multiplication (seeding, grafts), the various farming works (transplantation, weeding, fertilization, irrigation, plant health protection), and finally some elements about the harvest, maintenance and disposal of the produced products. Simultaneously they learn to distinguish and recognize the various species of plants and their uses. | ||
| They also learn how to use and maintain safely the gardening tools like cultivator, hoe, garden shears, lawn mowers and others. At the same time, during each school year, we visit nurseries, greenhouses, barrages and dams which are related directly or indirectly with the agricultural profession. |
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| Special consideration is also given to the revival of the environmental consiousness of our students through their participation in programs of environmental education. Each year our school participates in such programs. Students work at these programs during the workshop hours. |
