How to grow Chinese orange trees in North India

How to grow Chinese orange trees

Chinese orange trees are the jewel of my garden. They give shade, rest, smiles, compost, keep mosquitoes away, attract sunbirds to nest, the citrus scented flowers save money on room freshners in the verandah and bring in bees, butterflies and

25 March, 2016 | Views: 14904

How to grow sandalwood trees in a garden in North India

white sandalwood sapling

If you are lucky to find these trees already growing in your city, it is a great opportunity to ask the owner to let you take their saplings from under the trees in the rainy season. Nurture in partial shade, rich soil and keep moist in pots.

24 March, 2016 | Views: 15058

Badhal Tree in Lucknow, India

badhal fruit india

This Badhal tree inside La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow, stands quietly except in late summer when birds make merry on its bright yellow, sweet fruit.

15 August, 2015 | Views: 70518

Why buy tree saplings from State forest Department Nurseries

UP forest dept nursery indiranagar sec 18, lucknow

For an Art of Living, ‘Volunteer For A Better India’, tree plantation activity in the monsoons this year, we went looking at nurseries, and found UP Forest Department’s Nursery at Sector 18, Indiranagar in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, India) to be the

25 October, 2014 | Views: 15491

How to use Neem, the wonder tree

neem recipe from bangalore

Neem has been a traditionally life supporting tree in India. The Ugadi festival is a sacred reminder of its role in our health. Neem is considered a form of the Divine Mither, the life energy itself.

28 September, 2014 | Views: 9631



Sunbird’s nest in a jasmine climber, Bangalore, India