56th Tree Appreciation Walk at Sagar Upavan, Colaba

 
 

“The best place to find God is in a garden” said by Bernard Shaw and every time we walk pass in Sagar Upavan, Colaba, we feel the presence of Him in there. We request you all to come and take a Walk in Sagar Upavan on 21st Dec,14.

The 56th Tree Appreciation walk is on 21st December,14

Time: 7.30 am

Venue: Sagar Upvan, (Mumbai Port Trust Garden) near BEST Depot, Sassoon Docks, Colaba.

Meeting Point: Ticket Window (Please buy your own tickets Entry Fee Rs 2]

Duration of walk: 2 hours

Sagar Upvan commonly called BPT Garden is a 5 hacter botanical garden behind the Sassoon Dock area of Colaba. It is divided into sections of bamboos, figs, mangrove associates, flowering trees… and has more than 200species of plants on this reclaimed land. There is even a small glass house. 40 species of birds are noted. Aquatic bird’s species are attracted to adjacent water- front. Barn Owls and bats are sighted at dusk.

An in-house sewage treatment plant meets the garden’s water requirement.

We will be sending the list of the trees which we are planning to show in a day or two.

Please go through Shubhada, Dinesh and travelpod websites for photographs of Sagar Upvan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shubhada_nikharge/sets/72157616620043199/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/sets/72157603402486142/

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/indianature/3/1210785360/tpod.html

Hope to see you all,

TAW Team