chandigarh h s johl 84 who has played an important role in landscaping chandigarh being the head of horticulture wing of ut administration in 1965 has come out with a book about trees flowers and shrubs it has all details about how to and what to plant and how to maintain it further be it in a garden lawn road side or parks landscaping human habitat which brings out essential elements primarily used for landscaping has been written by johl along with sarbjit bahga the book was launched by ut adviser vijay kumar dev at chandigarh college of architecture on monday this 171page book serves as a useful resource for greening beautifying and improving physical environmental conditions important aspects emphasized in this book are about trees their usefulness of growing them close to road curbs importance of correct spacing for planting trees and appropriate planning for pedestrian paths large structured trees are useful for roadside plantation and fascinating flowering trees for public and private buildings parks open spaces and homes the book also talks about flowering shrubs and creepers johl is an experienced and renowned landscapist having got a masters degree from punjab agriculture university ludhiana in 1955 he worked in chandigarh for over two decades where he revitalized the landscape plans of the city before having worked for punjab government as head of landscape circle bahga is a chandigarhbased architect urbanist author and photoartist he was conferred with doctorate in architectural science in 2000 and currently works as senior architect in the punjab mandi board the book is rich in content and visuals to give reader a fine experience and a must buy for those into landscaping and town planning this book will prove helpful for town planners architects landscapists and city planners and is a product of several decades of my observation knowledge and experience in landscaping and salient features of plants have been described along with high quality colour photographs which will help in choosing the right kind of species for proper landscaping johl said the adviser said that he was an avid lover of plants and has always laid focus on greening and beautifying the city i am glad that such a book has been written which gives the true picture of states capital chandigarh and has been so beautifully depicted pictorially by someone who has spent his entire life shaping up this beautiful city he added one entire chapter in the book is dedicated to bougainvillea winter and summer flowering annuals which are an important part of landscaping have also been described in the book a chapter on bonsai gives useful hints to develop large medium and small sized bonsai two exclusive chapters are on developing cactus and succulents besides bulb plants which are also important for landscaping human habitat it is available online and will be shortly seen in city book stores urban planning the authors had last year released trees in urban habitat an encyclopedia of knowledge on methods and techniques to solve