As a child, I remember a tall, stately coconut tree in my home’s backyard. The almost 20-year-old tree was preserved by building around it. Sadly, a decade or so later, it had to be cut down as its roots had grown into the structure’s foundation and had damaged the flooring. For years, the practice of […]
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Gated communities, apartment complexes and campuses are getting swankier by the day, and the meticulously landscaped gardens around them are trying to keep up. Gone are the days of duranta hedges, an avenue of bottle palms, rows of bougainvillea planters and the ubiquitous frangipani in the corner of a clumpy grass lawn. Nurseries and landscaping […]
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From paintings and jigsaw puzzles to nature journaling, artists in Bengaluru are finding ways to express their love of local trees. Nirupa Rao Nirupa Rao, botanical illustrator Ever since Rao began sketching trees, the impetus behind her work has been to familiarise people with India’s native species and subliminally bring trees into mainstream culture — […]
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