-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today is the day for Coconut dehusking with teeth and carrot/radish eating (4 P.M. to 6 P.M.) Solid Waste Management models( for Schools and college students) and fruit & vegetable fancy dress for primary school children at the PLANT Utsav in the Garcia da Orta Municipal Garden, Church Square - Panaji.
In the potted plants competition judged yesterday, Nicholas Sequeira from Saligao bagged a whole lot of prizes to become the claimant of the Maia da Graca Figueiredo rolling trophy that he missed by a whisker last year. His Anthurium and Begonia pots were chosen for two of the three prizes in each catergory. He bagged prizes in "other Flowering Plants catergory", too. Incidentally, Nicholas (the next door neighbour of the journalist couple Pamela D'Mello and Fredrick Noronha) is the winner of the Best Home Garden Award in January, 2005 and is also associated with the Saligao Pariyavaran Manch that is working to protect the Salmona Spring in Saligao. Mrs. Fiel Braganza from Betim is a keen competitor in the Home Garden Competition. This year she also won two prizes in the potted plants competition. I just learnt that she is the sister-in-law of Goa's Chief Electrical Engineer. BSG members know her as a person who efficiently and economically recycles waste water for gardening. Anjali Nevgi from Bicholim is perhaps the first person from that taluka to have won a prize for potted plants at the Plant Utsav. There have been many winners from Bicholim at the Konkan Fruit Fest, also jointly organised by the BSG and CCP, but never at the Plant Utsav. Looks like the Zonal Agriculture Officer in Bicholim, Nelson Figueiredo, is doing a good job. That he happens to be my brother-in-law is only incidental. The Panaji-based person who wins prizes at the Plant Utsav annually is Mrs.Sarita Zantye. Her nutritionist daughter, Sampada, is an active member of the Rotary Club of Panaji-Riviera, the sponsor for the prizes for potted plants. So is Dr.Mahesh Pai, the husband of BSG Secretary. However, we at BSG do not let money blur our judgement. The plants have code numbers and the judges do not to whom the plant belongs. Nirmala Misquita from Benaulim is a consistent winner of prizes. Ms. Carol Anne has joined her bandwagon this year. another winner is Ms.Joyce de Souza, the better half of the former Motel La-Joy. Her husbands name is Lazarus...and there is always hope for those of us who believe in resurrection! Mr.C.K. Matthew, the former headmaster of the former school called Holy Trinity H.S. in Benaulim has now settled in Gopakkapatnam or Goa Velha. If he fought for the rights of teachers for a fair wage, he is now a great mover of orchids and vanilla. He has not forgotten the many thorny issues that he helped to solve. He also has some of the best cacti ;-)) The persons who stole the hearts of all are the 'Carmel Dozen' led by Suvarna Fonseca-Antao. Sorry, they are not around today. Come on Sunday afternoon between 4 P.M. and the Valedictory funcion at 5 P.M. if you want to get good explainations of locally available medicinal plants and Indigenous Knowledge. For those who can read Marathi there are a 100-plus posters on medicinal plants from Vidya Probodini's L.D. Samant High School, Porvorim. You can also get a fairly good explanation from the five student volunteer from the school between 10 A.M. and 5 P.M. If language is not your handicap, this is a real treat. The Ayurveda College from Shiroda-Ponda has a good collection of plants, expert faculty and even medicinal plants for sale at just Rs.10/- each. Garcia da Orta was a botanist who recorded the plants available in and around Goa hundreds of years ago. In addition to the Botanical names and descriptions, he also incorporated the local names in the local language...in Roman script, Devanagri and Perso-arabic. It is a pity that we fight over the scripts of Konkani and about Portuguese contribution to Goa. Fortunately, Mr. Subhash Velingkar, the undisputed head of many Vidya Prabodini-linked social and educational institutions and a former advisor on education to the former Chief Minister,is fluent in both the scripts and all three languages..Portuguese, Konkani and Marathi...in addition to English. Garcia would be happy in his Orta [garden] today. There is music again at the Garcia da Orta Garden from 5 P.M. to 9 P.M. There is no entry fee to visit or to participate in the competitions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel Braganza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vidya Probhodini's L.D.Samant High School, Porvorim, has overwhelmed us with > a hundred-plus posters on medicinal plants and their uses. You can see them > displayed all over the the exhibition ground. Shri Rayeshwar College of > ayurveda, Shiroda-Ponda, will display and even sell the actual Plant-based > medicines from today. Students from schools and colleges will be > demonstrating the uses of plant medicines. Botanical Society of Goa has its > own GREEN DOZEN a team of student volunteers from Carmel HSS for > Girls-Nuvem, led by BSG Executive member Suvarna Fonseca-Antao, to tell you > more interesting things about medicinal plants. > ----- Original Message ----- > "Miguel Braganza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > A festival of plants and flowers called PLANT UTSAV 2005 will be conducted > > by the Botanical Society of Goa and the Corporation of the City of Panaji > in association with other agencies from 18 to 20 November at the Garcia da > Orta Municipal Garden, Church Square - Panaji. > > > There will be competitions in potted plants (entries accepted at the venue > > on Thursday,17 Nov, 3 P.M. to 7 P.M.), Medicinal Plants & their uses (18 > > Nov.), and fruit & flower arrangements (on Sunday,20 Nov. 11 A.M.) > > competitions will be held at the venue. Prizes will be distributed on > > Sunday afternoon. > > > > > > > > For details go to www.panjim.org or phone/SMS Christina (9822124032) > > Miguel Braganza > > President, BSG > .......................................... > Miguel
