Facilities

AMC initiated the Plant Nursery as a vocation for the young adults at AMC as another step towards creating opportunities with training and hopefully translating into job opportunities for them in 2022. Gardening for those with special needs is a highly recommended occupation as it has proven to be therapeutic by helping them with fine motor skills and sensory processing. People with these disorders love doing repetitive tasks because they know what to expect and the daily activities within a greenhouse makes it more enjoyable. Good physical activity in a healthy environment is an added boon. The increase in demand for plants for homes post Covid was another encouraging factor to initiate this project. AMC plan is to market the grown plants to hotels, corporates and the general public creating another revenue model and thereby enable a decent stipend to the beneficiaries.

AMC worked with various professionals and gathering perspectives on the way forward. Dr. Jagadesh, Joint Director of Lalbagh gave AMC his time despite his busy schedule. Ms. Kusuma Deputy Director of Lalbagh visited us to inspect the nursery project site and gave us valuable feedback on the kind of plants, plant food and soil to choose to match the available sun light and other factors considered at AMC