A nice garden had been developed in the courtyard of Santiniketan Mandir and around the guest house for long time.Rajlakshmi Devi along with Sami and Mira developed a kitchen garden around the 'New house' where they lived in Santiniketan. Rabindranath wrote to Mira devi 0n 21 Oct. 2007,
'Pisima became serious in developing a kitchen garden. I have brought for her seeds of Nainital potatoes and other different kinds of seeds. Bhatu is preparing the land for potato by digging it and Pisima is observing that.Rajakshmi Devi had sent the surplus agricultural product obtained by her cultivation to Mazzafarpur, father-in-laws house of Bela. Rabindranath wrote in this respect,
I am glad to hear that you have received the vegetables in good condition. You know Pisima is very proud of her brinjals - she is sending them to everybody she knows....Seeds of various kinds of vegetables and flowers have come today by post from the Mussorie hills. Pisima is busy engaged in preparing new beds for their reception.
Not only family garden, Rabindranath encouraged all the students for creatimg gardens. Sudhiranjan Das wrote,
A small portion of land was distributed among each student for cultivation. Somebody used his land for cultivating arhar dal, somebody for small nuts, somebody for ladies finger etc. From the point of the old well tunnels were prepared upto the land in question, so that the surplus water after bathing used to flow to the field to help irrigation. If somebody did not take care of his land , that land was given to one who can utilise the land in a befitting manner. To dig with a spade was given the same weightage as doing excercise.
Rabindranath also wrote about falling shortage of the energy of Samindranath and othes in this regard. They had given up the habit of creating garden. At first they prepared some turnips, some carrots but those days had gone. now there was none to water the plants.
Rabindranath wrote to Mira Devi because she had some fascination for gardening.
Autobiographer of Rabindranath wrote that Samindranath started Basanta Utsab on the day of Sripanchami , 17th feb.,1907.Samindranath and two other students took up the dress of Basant, one as rainy season and the three others as Sarat. In spring season flowers were affluent, they put hats of flower, also kept flowers in hands, necks etc. the ceremony was held in the big hall.Samindranath sung the song ,' Eki Labanye Purna Praan,' etc. all these informations were available in the letters of Samindranath witten to Achyut which were received from Naredranath Khan and Nirmal Chandra Chattopadhyay. Jyotirindranath had drawn a sketch of Samindranath on that day.
