Horticulture Society

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Growing Beyond Green:Cactus Workshop 2026It was a privilege to contribute to the successful completion of Cactus Worksho...
20/07/2026

Growing Beyond Green:Cactus Workshop 2026

It was a privilege to contribute to the successful completion of Cactus Workshop 2026, organized by the Horticulture Society, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya.

The workshop provided participants with valuable hands on experience in cactus cultivation, propagation, potting techniques, and proper plant care, while promoting a deeper appreciation for ornamental horticulture.

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated, supported, and worked behind the scenes to make this event a success. Your enthusiasm and dedication made this workshop both educational and memorable.

We look forward to creating more opportunities to inspire learning, innovation, and a passion for horticulture.

*CACTUS WORKSHOP 2026*🌵Are you passionate about cacti and succulent plants? Join us for an exciting and informative Cact...
15/07/2026

*CACTUS WORKSHOP 2026*🌵

Are you passionate about cacti and succulent plants? Join us for an exciting and informative Cactus Workshop 2026 and learn everything you need to know about cactus care, propagation, and cultivation from an industry expert!

📅 Date: 18th July 2026 (Saturday)

🕣 Time: 8.30 A.M. – 12.00 P.M.

📍 Venue: Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya

🎤 Conducted by:
Mr. Nipun Ferdinand
Founder & Director – Cacti Hut

*Cactus plants will be available for purchase at only Rs. 100 each!*

📝 If you are willing to join this workshop, please fill out the registration form below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetodYiAr88x8aZYvvdR_M3BwEBQH2-gaSCj9w0aOubAYlcjQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

📞 For more details:
Sandaru – 076 105 9254
Ashan – 070 453 0606

Organized by the Horticulture Society
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya

🌿 Limited seats available. Register now and don’t miss this opportunity to grow your knowledge of cactus.

Congratulations to the newly appointed Organizing Committee members for 2026. 🎊As the new team takes responsibility, we ...
15/01/2026

Congratulations to the newly appointed Organizing Committee members for 2026. 🎊

As the new team takes responsibility, we wish you a year of productive work, effective teamwork, and meaningful contributions to the field of Horticulture.

May this term bring valuable experiences and notable achievements for everyone involved.
Best wishes for a successful year ahead.




Congratulations to the newly appointed Committee members for 2026! 🎉As the new committee steps in, we look forward to a ...
15/01/2026

Congratulations to the newly appointed Committee members for 2026! 🎉

As the new committee steps in, we look forward to a year of steady progress, teamwork, and meaningful contributions to the field of Horticulture. 🌱

Wishing you a term filled with learning, collaboration, and noteworthy achievements.
Here’s to a productive year ahead. 🌟




A sincere thank you to the outgoing Organizing Committee for 2025 for your dedication and commitment. 🙌Your teamwork and...
15/01/2026

A sincere thank you to the outgoing Organizing Committee for 2025 for your dedication and commitment. 🙌

Your teamwork and consistent efforts played a key role in the successful completion of many events and initiatives throughout the year.
You have set a strong standard for future committees to follow.
Your contributions are truly appreciated and will be remembered.




As we move into a new chapter, we extend our sincere gratitude to the outgoing Committee for 2025! 🙏Your dedication and ...
15/01/2026

As we move into a new chapter, we extend our sincere gratitude to the outgoing Committee for 2025! 🙏

Your dedication and hard work have played an important role in the growth and progress of the Horticulture Society. The impact of your efforts will continue to guide the years ahead.

Thank you for your valuable contributions and commitment.




Warm Wishes for 2026!🌱🌸May the year ahead open new paths of growth, creativity, and shared success within our horticultu...
31/12/2025

Warm Wishes for 2026!🌱🌸

May the year ahead open new paths of growth, creativity, and shared success within our horticulture family. 🌿

Here’s to a year filled with fresh beginnings, bright ideas, and fields of opportunity waiting to be explored. 🌞🌾

Wishing everyone a truly flourishing 2026! 🎉💚

🌿✨ Horti-Gate Project – Step 2: Field Visit to Mikeflora Pvt Ltd ✨🌿The Horticulture Society successfully completed the s...
04/10/2025

🌿✨ Horti-Gate Project – Step 2: Field Visit to Mikeflora Pvt Ltd ✨🌿

The Horticulture Society successfully completed the second step of our collaborative project Horti-Gate with Mikeflora Pvt Ltd, a leading commercial nursery company specializing in ornamental foliage plants. 🌱

After the first online orientation, we moved forward with a field visit to Mikeflora, guided by our senior lecturers Dr. D.M.S.B. Dissanayaka and Dr. H.M.P.C. Kumarihami 🙏.

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Students majoring in Advance Crop Science and Plant Pathology joined the visit, where Mr. Roshan (Nursery Manager) and Mr. Supun (Technical & QA) gave us valuable insights into research opportunities. Their warm hospitality, refreshments, and plant gifts made the experience even more special. 🌸

This milestone marks a huge achievement for the Horticulture Society, as we step into direct collaboration with an export-level commercial nursery company—opening new research opportunities for undergraduates before their final year. 🚀

Stay tuned 🌐✨ — we’ll keep sharing the upcoming steps of the Horti-Gate Project right here! 💚

🌿 Hortigate  Project – Step 1 🌱Orientation with Mikeflora Pvt. Ltd.The very first step of the Hortigate Project took pla...
23/08/2025

🌿 Hortigate Project – Step 1 🌱
Orientation with Mikeflora Pvt. Ltd.

The very first step of the Hortigate Project took place today with an insightful orientation conducted by Mikeflora (Pvt) Ltd. 🌸✨

The session explored fascinating aspects of their journey , from plant varieties and management practices to the export process that takes Sri Lankan floriculture beyond borders. 🌍💐

This is just the beginning!
Stay tuned for upcoming steps including research opportunities, field visits, and collaborative studies under the Hortigate project. 🌱🔬

How to Make a Herbal Garden at HomeAt present, medicinal gardens have become a significant part of cultural development....
16/08/2025

How to Make a Herbal Garden at Home

At present, medicinal gardens have become a significant part of cultural development. A medicinal garden can be simply defined as a dedicated space where various medicinal, aromatic, and culinary plants are cultivated.

Although the use of medicinal plants and spices had declined among people over time, their necessity has significantly increased in recent years. Even luxury hotels now embrace Sri Lankan traditional flavors, indicating a renewed interest in these plants. However, the density of these plants has decreased, making it necessary to restore their abundance. One way to achieve this is by utilizing home gardens efficiently. Creating a garden rich in medicinal and edible plants requires careful planning and consideration of various factors.

A crucial element for an ideal garden is shade. Various plants are cultivated within households to provide shade. Plants like cinnamon and nutmeg can be designated for this purpose, particularly thriving in intermediate or wet zones, ensuring appropriate shade for the garden. Additionally, aromatic plants that attract pollinators such as bees contribute to maintaining a cool environment. Goraka (Garcinia cambogia), used as a spice, enhances the value of a garden while providing shade.

When planning a well-structured garden, areas such as the garden boundary and canter can be allocated for shade-giving plants. Shrubs such as turmeric, ginger, and lemon can be planted along garden edges and around trees. These plants, commonly used as spices, contribute to improving garden quality. Together, they create a naturally fragrant environment. Additionally, plastic pots, tires, and clay pots can be repurposed creatively within the home to establish a well-designed garden. Small plants such as chili, gotu kola, mint, and rosemary are ideal choices for cultivation.
To enhance the medicinal value of a garden, naturally growing plants like iramusu (Hemidesmus indicus) and polpala (Aerva lanata) should be preserved and provided with necessary growth conditions. This not only boosts the beauty of the garden but also enhances its functionality. Instead of planting regular grass, smaller plants like undupiyaliya (Desmodium triflorum) can be used.
A key goal for many homeowners, particularly housewives, is to create a beautiful garden filled with various flowers. To achieve this, plants like hibiscus, rose, and jasmine can be maintained. These plants not only add aesthetic value but also possess medicinal properties, making them essential for increasing plant density. For areas with more shade and moisture, plants like kikiridia and mukunuwenna can be given priority.
Proper space management in a garden allows for a mix of large plants, small shrubs, and vines while providing suitable conditions for their growth. Efficient water retention, proper soil management, and well-planned irrigation systems are crucial for achieving a dense and thriving garden.
Transforming a home’s surroundings into a medicinal garden adds significant value to both the household and the surrounding area, promoting a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle.

වර්තමානයේ "ඔසු උයන" යනු සංවර්ධනය වෙමින් පවතින සංස්කෘතියක් ලෙස ඉතා හොඳ මාතෘකාවක් වී පවතී .ඔසු උයනක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමට පියවරක් ගන්නේ කෙසේද.
ඔසු උයන ගැන සරලව අපට නිර්වචනය කළ හැකිය, එය විවිධ ඖෂධීය, ඇරෝමැටික සහ සූපශාස්ත්‍ර ඖෂධ පැළෑටි වගා කරන කැපවූ අවකාශයකි.
වර්තමානය තුළ මිනිසුන් අතර ඖෂධීය ශාක භාවිතය, කුළුබඩු භාවිතය හීන වී පවතී නමුත් මේ වන විට ඒවායේ අවශ්‍යතාවය වැඩි වශයෙන් වර්ධනය වී ඇති අතර සුපිරි හෝටල් සංකේතවල පවා අද වන විට ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය ගැමි රසයට නැඹුරු වී ඇති බව අත්දැකීමෙන් පෙනෙන දෙයකි.නමුත් වර්තමානය වන විට මේ කතාබහට ලක්වෙන ශාක ඝනත්වය හීන වී ඇති අතර අවශ්‍යතාවය නම් එම ශාක ඝනත්වය නැවත වර්ධනය කිරීමයි. ඒ සඳහා අපගේ ගෙවත්ත ඵලදායී ලෙස භාවිතයට ගැනීමේ හැකියාව පවතී.ගෙවත්ත ඖෂධ සහ ආහාර පැළෑටිවලින් යුක්ත ශාක ඝනත්වයකින් පරිපූර්ණ වටපිටාවක් බවට පත්කර ගැනීමේදී සලකා බැලිය යුතු කරුණු ගණනාවක් පවතී.
පරිපූර්ණ වූ ගෙවත්තකට අවශ්‍යම දේ නම් සෙවණයි. සෙවන උදෙසා නොයෙක් ආකාරයේ ශාක නිවස තුළ වගා කරනු ලබයි. මෙහිදී එහි අවස්ථාව අපට සාදික්කා, කරබුනැටි ආදී ශාක වලට වෙන්කළ හැක. අතරමැදි හෝ තෙත් කලාප තුල වර්ධනය ඉතා සාර්ථක වන එම ශාක මෙහිදී ගෙවත්තකට උචිත වූ සෙවණක් සලසා දෙයි. එලෙසම ගෙවත්තකට උචිත මී මැස්සන් වැනි පරාගකාරකයින්ගේ බහුලත්වය ඇති කරන සිසිලස රැක ගැනීමට දායක වන සුගන්දමය ශාක වේ. කුළු බඩු ලෙස භාවිතා කළ හැකි හැකි සෙවන රැකගෙන ගොරක ශාකය ගෙවත්තක වටිනාකම වැඩිකරයි.
නිවැරදි ආකාරයේ ගෙවත්තක් සැලසුම් කිරීමේදී ඉහත සඳහා ශාක සඳහා සෙවණ රැක ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ගෙවත්තේ මායිම තුළ මධ්‍යස්ථය යන ස්ථාන වෙන් කළ හැක.මෙම ශාක සමඟ ගෙවත්තේ මායිමේ හිස්කඩ තුළ සහ ගස් වටා ප්‍රදේශය තුළ පඳුරු ලෙස පවතින ශාක වන කහ ඉඟුරු ,ලෙමන් ආදී ශාක වැවීම කළ හැක කුළුබඩු ලෙස භාවිතයට ගත හැකි මෙම ශාක මගින් ගෙවත්තක තත්ත්වය ඉහළ නංවා ගත හැක.මෙම ශාකවල එකතුව පරිසරය තුළ සුගන්ධ වටපිටාවක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමට දායක වේ.මෙම මෙම පඳුර මේ ශාක ඇතුළුව තවත් බොහොමයක් ශාක සඳහා ඉවතට වන ප්ලාස්ටික් බඳුන්, ටයර්, මැටි බඳුන් ආදිය නිවස තුළදී සපයා ගැනීම තුළින් අරපිරිමැස්මෙන් සකසා ගත හැකි සැලසුම් සහගත ගෙවත්තක් නිර්මාණය කරගත හැක.මිරිස්, ගොටුකොල, මින්චි, රෝස්මරි වැනි කුඩා පැළෑටි ගනයේ ෂාක භාවිතා කිරීම උචිත වේ.
ගෙවත්තක ඖෂධීය ගුණය ඉහල නැංවීමට හැකියාව පවතින ගෙවත්තක් තුළ සාමාන්‍යයෙන් වර්ධනය වන ඉරමසු පොල්පලා ආදී පැළෑටි ඉවත් නොකර වර්ධනය ඉහල නැංවීමට අවශ්‍ය තත්ත්ව සපයා දීම කළ හැකි ඉන් ගෙවත්තක සුන්දරත්වය ඉහළ නැංවීමට අවස්ථාව සැලසෙන අතර තණකොළ වැවීම වෙනුවට උඳුපියලිය වැනි කුඩා පැළෑටි මේ ශාක භාවිතා කළ හැක. එලෙසම සුන්දරත්වයකින් පරිපූර්ණ වූ ගෙවත්තක හිමිකාරීත්වයේ දරණ ගෘහණියන්ගේ අත්‍යවශ්‍යම අරමුණක් නම් සුන්දර වූ නොයෙක් මල් වලින් පරිපූර්ණ වූ ගෙවත්තක් නිර්මාණය කර ගැනීමයි. එය සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම උදෙසා හින්දිරික්කා ,වරා, පිච්ච වැනි ශාක නඩත්තු කළ හැක.මෙම ශාක ඖෂධීය ගුණයක් දරන ,ශාකcc ඝනත්වයේ ඉහල නැංවීමේ කර්තව්‍ය තුළදී ඉහළින්ම තැබිය යුතු ගනයේ ශාක වේ.ගෙවත්ත ආවට වඩාත් සෙවන සහිත ස්ථාන සහ තෙතමනයක් රඳා පවතින ස්ථානවල කීකිරිඳිය මුකුණු වැන්න ආදී පෑලෑටිමය ශාක වලට අවස්ථාව ලබා දිය හැක.
ගෙවත්තක් තුළ පවතින ඉඩකඩනිවැරදි ආකාරයෙන් කළමනාකරණයත් කිරීම තුළින් විශාල ශාක කුඩා පැළෑටි සහ පඳුරු වැල් වර්ග මේ යන මේ සියලු දෑ සඳහා උචිත තත්ත්වයන් නිසියාකාරයෙන් ලබාදීමේ හැකියාව ඇත.ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන්ජලය රඳා පවත්වා ගැනීම සහ ජලය බැස යාම ඉහළ පාංශු තත්ත්වයක් කළමනාකරණය කිරීම සැලසුම් සහගත ජල වහන ක්‍රමසම්පාදනය කිරීම පසක් නිර්මාණය කරදීම තුළින්හොඳ වර්ධනයක් සහිත ශාක ඝනත්වයක්ප්‍රතිඵල කර ගත හැක.
නිවසක වටපිටාව ඖෂධීය ගෙවත්තක් ලෙස සකස් කර ගැනීම තුළින් නිවසට සහ අදාළ ප්‍රදේශයටද විශේෂිත වටිනාකමක් එකතු කිරීමට හැකියාව ලැබෙයි.

தற்போது, மருத்துவத் தோட்டங்கள் கலாச்சார வளர்ச்சியின் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க பகுதியாக மாறிவிட்டன. ஒரு மருத்துவத் தோட்டம் என்பது பல்வேறு மருத்துவ, நறுமண மற்றும் சமையல் தாவரங்கள் பயிரிடப்படும் ஒரு பிரத்யேக இடமாகும்
காலப்போக்கில் மக்களிடையே மருத்துவத் தாவரங்கள் மற்றும் மசாலாப் பொருட்களின் பயன்பாடு குறைந்துவிட்டாலும், சமீப ஆண்டுகளில் அவற்றின் தேவை கணிசமாக அதிகரித்துள்ளது. இப்போது ஆடம்பர உணவகங்கள் கூட இலங்கையின் பாரம்பரிய சுவைகளை உள்ளடக்குகின்றன, இது இத்தாவரங்களில் புதுப்பிக்கப்பட்ட ஆர்வத்தைக் குறிக்கிறது. இருப்பினும் இந்த தாவரங்களின் எண்ணிக்கை குறைந்துள்ளது. அவற்றினை மீள வளர்த்து உருவாக்குவது அவசியமான ஒன்றாகும். இதை அடைய ஒரு வழி வீட்டுத் தோட்டங்களை பயன்படுத்துவதாகும். மருத்துவ குணமுடைய,உண்ணக்கூடிய தாவரங்கள் நிறைந்த ஒரு தோட்டத்தை உருவாக்குவதற்கு சிறந்த திட்டமிடல் மற்றும் பல காரணிகளைக் கருத்திற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
ஒரு நல்ல தோட்டத்திற்கான முக்கிய அம்சம் நிழல். நிழல் தருமரங்கள் வீடுகளுக்குள்ளேயே வளர்க்கப்படுகின்றன. கறுவா மற்றும் சாதிக்காய் போன்ற தாவரங்களை இந்த நோக்கத்திற்காக வளர்க்கலாம், குறிப்பாக இடை அல்லது ஈர வலயங்களில் செழித்து, தோட்டத்திற்கு தேவையான நிழலை தருகிறது. மேலும், தேனீக்கள் போன்ற மகரந்தச் சேர்க்கையாளர்களை ஈர்க்கும் நறுமணத் தாவரங்களாகவும்,குளிர்மையான சூழலை பேணவும் பங்களிக்கின்றன. சுவையூட்டியாக பயன்படுத்தப்படும் கொறுக்கா புளி (Garcinia cambogia), நிழலை வழங்கவும் உதவுகிறது.
நன்கு கட்டமைக்கப்பட்ட தோட்டத்தைத் திட்டமிடும்போது, நிழல் தரும் தாவரங்களுக்கு தோட்ட எல்லைகளை ஒதுக்கலாம். மஞ்சள், இஞ்சி, எலுமிச்சை போன்ற புதர்களை தோட்ட ஓரங்களிலும் மரங்களைச் சுற்றியும் நடலாம். பொதுவாக மசாலாப் பொருட்களாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் இந்த தாவரங்கள், தோட்டத்தின் தரத்தை மேம்படுத்த பங்களிக்கின்றன. அவை இயற்கையாகவே மணம் கொண்ட சூழலை உருவாக்குகின்றன. கூடுதலாக, பிளாஸ்டிக் பானைகள், டயர்கள் மற்றும் களிமண் பானைகளை வீட்டிற்குள் ஆக்கப்பூர்வமாக மீண்டும் பயன்படுத்தலாம், இதனால் நன்கு வடிவமைக்கப்பட்ட தோட்டம் அமைக்கப்படும். மிளகாய், வல்லாரை, புதினா மற்றும் ரோஸ்மேரி போன்ற சிறிய தாவரங்கள் வளர்ப்பதற்கு ஏற்றவை.
தோட்டத்தின் மருத்துவ மதிப்பை அதிகரிக்க, நன்னாரி (Hemidesmus indicus) மற்றும் தேங்காய்ப்பூ கீரை(Aerva lanata) போன்ற இயற்கையாக வளரும் தாவரங்கள் பாதுகாக்கப்பட்டு தேவையான வளர்ச்சி நிலைமைகளை வழங்க வேண்டும். இது தோட்டத்தின் அழகை அதிகரிப்பது மட்டுமல்லாமல் அதன் செயல்பாட்டையும் மேம்படுத்துகிறது. வழக்கமான புல் நடுவதற்குப் பதிலாக, சிறு புள்ளடி (Desmodium triflorum)போன்ற சிறிய தாவரங்களைப் பயன்படுத்தலாம்.
பல வீட்டு உரிமையாளர்களுக்கு, குறிப்பாக இல்லத்தரசிகளுக்கு, ஒரு முக்கிய குறிக்கோள், பல்வேறு பூக்கள் நிறைந்த அழகான தோட்டத்தை உருவாக்குவதாகும். இதை அடைய, செம்பருத்தி, ரோஜா, மல்லிகை போன்ற தாவரங்களை பராமரிக்கலாம். இந்த தாவரங்கள் அழகியல் மதிப்பை சேர்ப்பது மட்டுமல்லாமல், மருத்துவ குணங்களையும் கொண்டுள்ளன, இதனால் தாவர அடர்த்தியை அதிகரிக்க அவசியமாகின்றன. அதிக நிழல் மற்றும் ஈரப்பதம் உள்ள பகுதிகளில், கரிசலாங்கன்னி மற்றும் பொன்னாங்கன்னி போன்ற தாவரங்களுக்கு முன்னுரிமை அளிக்கப்படலாம்.
ஒரு சரியான தோட்ட முகாமைத்துவத்தில் பெரிய தாவரங்கள், சிறிய புதர்கள் மற்றும் கொடிகளின் கலவையை உள்ளடக்கலாம். அதே நேரத்தில் அவற்றின் வளர்ச்சிக்கு பொருத்தமான நிலைமைகளையும் வழங்குகிறது. சரியான நீர்கொள்ளளவு, சரியான மண் மேலாண்மை மற்றும் நன்கு திட்டமிடப்பட்ட நீர்ப்பாசன அமைப்புகள் அடர்த்தியான மற்றும் செழிப்பான தோட்டத்தை அடைவதற்கு மிக முக்கியமானவை.
குறைந்தது, வீட்டின் சுற்றுப்புறத்தில் ஒரு பகுதியில் மருத்துவத் தோட்டம் ஒன்றை பராமரிப்பதன் மூலமாக ஆரோக்கியமான மற்றும் நிலையான வாழ்க்கை முறையை பேணலாம்
References :
https://adrasrilanka.org/wp-content/uploads/
https://doa.gov.lk/gewathu-wagawa_2022/
Article written and translated to Sinhala by - R.P.D.Ashirwadhini Munasinghe
Translated to Tamil by- Kajani Cukaparan

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