16th Tree Appreciation Walk at Malabar Hill on 17th July Sunday at 7.30 am
Usha Desai
We, a group of nature lovers have decided to start free Tree Appreciation Walks in Mumbai.
Our aim is to create awareness and inculcate a love for the trees.
You are most welcome to join us for our walks.
The 16th Tree Appreciation walk is on Sunday 17th July 2011 at 7.30am
Venue: Malabar Hill[Nearest railway station is Grant Road & Churni Road] ]
Following buses halt at Kamala Nehru Park 57,67,82,,80ltd,103,105,106,108.
From Charni Road station, one can get 103,106,108.Please double check the buses .One has to get down at Kamala Nehru Park.
Time: 7.30 a.m.
Duration of walk: 2 hours
Meeting Point: Kamala Nehru Park near open air theater.
We will be covering part of Siri Road, Kamala Nehru Park and
Hanging Garden.This walk is dedicated to Dr. Sharadini Dahanukar whoes books Hirvai and Green Solace have inspired many tree lovers to visit Siri Road for Stocking Tree[Myroxylon balsamum]We shall be seeing a lot of Sandalwood Trees at Kamala Nehru Park and they are all flowering and fruiting. Ficus pumila at Hnaging Garden is fruiting. The Hanging Gardens in Mumbai was built in 1880. The initial idea behind the park was to protect the three huge water reservoirs over which it is built. The combined capacity of the water reservoirs is 30 million gallons So we will be able to appreciate many trees at eye level
Attached is the list of the shrubs and trees we shall be showing you.
Photography is allowed.
Please go through the attachments re Topiaries at Hanging Garden
Please note, because of the heavy rains, the pathways may be very slippery so wear proper footwear .Also beware of mosquitoes & bring insect-repellant like odomus.
Hope to see you all
Renee,Katie,Sheila,Hutoxi,Usha,Shubhada,Rajendra
Dear Friends,
When I recall of our Walk on 12th June at Sagar Upavan, these lines comes to my mind...
“What would the world be, once bereft
of wet and wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet,
Long live the weeds & the wildness yet.”
n Gerard Manley Hopkins,
As soon as we entered the gardens, all of us, for a moment felt Suspended In Time,.......those rain drenched trees, shrubs....laden with flowers & fruit luring birds & bees to them and we all got bitten with child like curiosity.
Petrea volubilis, profusely flowering at one corner of the garden and Kamini on other side, would not allow anybody to move away from them. Fragrance of Bakul flowers filled the air, display of blossoms of Lady of the Night, Bauhinia acuminata, Jacaranda, the unusual flowers of Ramphal & Sitaphal, Gmelina philippensis, Sita Che Veni......kept us on our toe.
The Sagar Upavan is the best example of combination of native as well as exotic trees, shrubs, climbers, herbs in a garden.
We thank you all for joining us (Dr Usha, Katie, Dr Sheila,Shubhada,Rajendra, Renee) for the walk and any suggestion about the walk from you will be greatly appreciated.
We also thank Jayesh Patil for identifying a shrub with beautiful red flowers called Leea coccinea ‘Rubra’.
Our next walk is on 17th July at Hanging Garden.......other details will follow later.
A request......our is an interactive group......we want all our members to share & take part in the discussions.......so please reply on “All reply” mode which will help all of us to be a part
Name of the field guides for trees.....
The Trees of Mumbai by Marselin Almeida & Naresh Chaturvedi of BNHS publication....BNHS office tel : 22821811
The Trees of Delhi by Pradep Kishen....published by Dorling Kindersley(India) P. Ltd available in Strand Book Depot tel No.22661994.
The Trees of Poona by Srikant Ingalhalikar is also available at Strand Book depot....they give 20% discount on all the books.
Best internet site for references...........www.flowersofindia.net
Thanking you once again,
Dr Usha, Dr Sheila, Katie, Shubhada, Rajendra, Renee