Congrat, TAW team for this 50th walk. It's simply great. Kudos for your efforts, Rennee ji & Usha ji & others.
On 18 May 2014 10:20, renee vyas Vyas <reneevy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > We move in to our 50th Walk in this month………You and us, together, months > after months, seasons after seasons, have glided through the green > corridors of Mumbai…….like the historic & heritage Rani Bagh……..where we > covered almost all the 270 species…….touched, hugged, admired such majestic > & grand old trees of Kusum, Shivan, Baobab, Cajuput……. could not take off > our eyes from the flowering of Amherstia nobilis, Sita ashok, Kailashpati, > Sundari. > > We learned the difference between Cactus & Euphorbia in Sagar > Upavan….some of us tasted for the 1st time, the flowers of Mahua……..saw the > elusive & shy fruits of Chukarassy …….fruits of Strychnos nux vomica > reminded us that Strychnine from it was the favorite weapon of choice of > Agatha Christie’s numerous murders in her novels……….in Colaba Woods, we > walked through the groves of Amaltas, Tabebuia…………then we opened another > chapter in our Walk……Healing Plants (medicinal plants) of Maharashtra > Nature Park ……...followed by the discovery of large number of Palms in > Heritage Garden in Hiranadani……….Comes monsoon and we saw the magic > transformation of forest floor of SGNP with ephemerals…………we covered herbs, > shrubs, climber, trees…& insects of Silonda, Malad, Stream & Gupha trails. > > We come to the edge..…… to the Mangrove of Mumbai…….some time called the > ‘bioshields’……..the botanical amphibians…..the palisade…….the master > survival on salty ground……..yes friends we take a Walk through the > mangroves of Bhandup Pumping station on Eastern Express Highway on 25thMay at > 7.00 am…..we request you all to join us for our 50 > th Walk……. > > Venue: Bhandup Pumping Station > > Time: 7.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. > > Meeting Point: Bhandup Pumping Station BEST stop on the EE highway. > > How to reach: Bhandup pumping station is located very close to the Mulund > / Airoli bridge junction. Those traveling via Powai from the western side > take the flyover to the EE Highway and turn left towards Mulund. At the > Airoli Junction signal, take a U turn, under the flyover and stop at the > BEST Stop on the EE highway. Those driving from the central side (VT side), > drive right upto Airoli Signal Junction and take a U turn at the signal. > You can also take a bus from Kanjur to Airoli Junction or from Mulund to > Bhandup Pumping Station bus stop. > > Caution….!!! > > Please carry plenty of water, wear cap, apply sun screen, shoes > must..……its very hot & humid. > > We will be sending later the list of the plants which we will be showing > during our Walk. > > Hope to see you all, > > Cheers, > > TAW Team > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2330 members & 1,87,000 messages on 30/4/14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> . Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
