Paragraph on “Life in the Gardens” complete paragraph for Class 9, Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12

Life in the Gardens

While tending to the plants in our garden or while digging in the flower beds, we see earthworms or many other insects hidden in the soil. If we dig into a heap of compost, we often find small insects or centipedes creeping out of it. Our gardens provide home to a large species of animals and insects, like moles, slugs, snails, earthworms, centipedes, spiders etc. These small creatures not only build their homes in the soil but also help in making it more fertile.

While digging into wet soil, earthworms mix the various layers of soil and make it porous and airy. Moles too perform this role though at a much larger scale. Most of these creatures live a hidden life, to protect themselves from predators and come out to feed only at night. Both plants and animals live together and are inter-dependent upon eac other. Some insects feed on plants and once they die they decompose and become manure, which serves as food for plants.

Other flying insects, like butterflies and bees, help plants in reproducing through pollination. Dead leaves from plants decompose on the ground and these provide food and shelter for the smaller creatures. There are many insects which survive on each other, spiders for example, build webs and trap insects which serve as their food.

Amongst the other occasional visitors to our gardens are various types of birds which feed upon insects and earthworms. If there are trees or berry bushes in the garden then these provide home and food for birds and other animals like squirrels and chipmunks. Nature is able to maintain it’s balance and all creatures and plants thrive through inter-dependence. Often a lot of wild plants like weeds, lichen, moss, mushrooms and toadstools find their way into our gardens and we remove the weeds to make our garden look neater.