Grass is always green here!

PK Jaiswar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 9

Gill Green Garden is a sight for the sore eyes. Dr Amarjit Singh Gill, former Principal of Government Dental College, takes a great pride in nourishing a lawn which has been aesthetically done with highlighters, including beautiful pots. A green cover of ficus trees on the front boundary wall distinguishes his one kanal house from others in the Ranjit Avenue B-block.

“Having greenery around us as possible in our lawn and we avoid completely pruning our plants. With this we feel more closure to nature,” said Dr Gill. He has bottle palms, umbrella palms, Cycas, Dracaena, Araucaria, Ficus, Aleefa, Hibiscus and Ferns besides several other permanent plants in the lawns.

We have some seasonal flowering plants also but that is more for breaking the monotony. We have some seasonal flowering plants like Salvia, Antraman, Dahlia,Gladiolus Chrysanthemum, Patunia etc.

Though we have a gardener Kalicharan for maintaining the green space, but I and my wife are the main gardener here. Majority of planning and execution is done by my wife Dr Harjot Gill, who is a former principal of Guru Nanak Government College, Kala Afghana and me respectively, he said proudly.

In the after retirement life we spend our mornings and evenings at our lawn, though we avoiding it now a days as a precautionary measure when dengue has raised its ugly head in the region.

“After having morning walk I used to have my tea while sitting in the lawn and reading newspaper. It is very relishing when we hear the sounds of different exotic birds visiting our lawn especially in the morning hours. It is marvellous experience and joy that we cannot describe in words. We plants in their natural splendour as it gives a feeling of closure to nature,” said Dr Gill.

The grass is nicely manicured and green patches are made in the lawn in different shapes for adding aesthetics to it. Dr Harjot Gill added that as we are nature lovers, we prefer only vermi compost in our plants with absolutely no or minimum chemical fertilisers. Dr Gill also had a small garden on the first floor of terrace and different varieties of Bougainvillea on top terrace along with a gazebo.