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Introduce your little ones to the power of plants through this tree walk
Updated On: 01 February, 2024 07:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Devanshi Doshi
A weekend tree walk for children inspired by an art exhibition will explore the healing properties of plants and how they continue to be man’s truest best friends
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The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God… Nature brings solace in all trouble, writes Anne Frank in her autobiography, The Diary of a Young Girl. As if building on this same hope that nature gave to the many poets and authors birthed from the wars, artist TV Santhosh’s exhibition History Lab and the Elegy of Visceral Incantations, explores the sense of healing that the sheer presence of plants offers in the chaotic, distressful world we live in. Inspired by this ongoing exhibition at Dr Bhau Daji Lad (BDL) Museum, nature enthusiast and author Katie Bagli will take children for a two-hour-long tree walk at the Museum Plaza on Sunday.
“Santosh’s artworks deal with the tumultuous emotions one goes through during war times and how the greenery around helps sobers it down,” Bagli shares. “The walk will begin with a tour of the exhibition, followed by a trail in the Marine Plaza where I will take the kids around the biodiversity that the gardens offer.”
While Bagli likes her walks to be spontaneous, she tells us that it will cover plants and trees like star apple, jackfruit, gulmohar, mango, bamboo, coconut, jamun, Sita Ashoka, bougainvillea, bakul, wild almonds, white teak and putranjiva. “Jackfruits are one of my favourite trees. The fruits are rich in nutrition, and the tree has so many medicinal properties. It has helped boom the economy of Kerala in the past few years!” The star apple, too, intrigues her, not simply because when the fruit is cut, it looks like a star, but because it is also called a tree with Midas’ touch. “The leaves of the tree are dark green on the upper surface and have a copper shade on the lower surface, making them look like gold.”
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