CEC Delhi presents Walk at Botanic Garden of Indian Republic, Sector 38, Noida > 9am to 1:15pm on 15th August 2014

Time : 9:00 am - 1:15 pm Add to Calendar 15-08-2014 09:00:00 15-08-2014 13:15:00 68 Walk Event Page : http://goo.gl/Dfhrio Botanic Garden of Indian Republic, Lt Vijayant Thapar Marg, Sector 38 A, Sector 38, Noida - 201303 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Registration fee Rs.350/- per head (10% discount for BNHS members) 
Register Before: 13th August 2014, (10% discount for BNHS members)  
For Registration contact :Ms. Paridhi Jain, Education Officer ,Tel. no: 011-26042010/8800748967 or email: cecbnhsdelhi@gmail.com 

Venue : Botanic Garden of Indian Republic, Lt Vijayant Thapar Marg, Sector 38 A, Sector 38, Noida - 201303
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Botanical Garden(Blue Line)'

Event Description : Walk at Botanic Garden of Indian Republic.
Garden components :
• Garden woodlands 
• Arboreta
• Aquatic gardens
• Economic botany garden
• Taxonomic garden 
• Nurseries

Functional Units:
• Seed banks 
• Herbarium
• Conservation education research and education division 
The programme will have specifically designed sessions on medicinal plants and their uses, economic importance of species, Vermicomposting, organic composting , religious importance of trees and woodland development, ultimately focusing on achieving awareness on conservation of different floral species .
Established in April 2002 in Noida, Botanic Garden of Indian Republic addressed the urgent need for conservation of endangered plants of the country. The BGIR, which has been developed on land measuring 200 acres, serves as a nodal centre for conservation research and environmental education. It also aspires to develop into one of the most uniquely landscaped botanic gardens of modern times.

Schedule :
Sessions in the medicinal patch area : 9:30 am -10:00
Identify diversity of flora in the botanical garden : 10:00 -11:00
Session in the arboreta garden and discussions on fruit yielding trees : 11:00 -11:30 am 
Short session on wetlands and developing them 
Visiting Vermicomposting and Biowaste management plants : 11:30 -12:00 am 
Plantation of saplings : 12:00 -12:30 am 
Interaction on religious importance of trees in Hindu mythology : 12:30 -12:45 am 
Group activity on conservation of trees: 12:45 am – 1:00 am 
Insight into how seeds are maintained : 1:00 am -1:15 am 

Expert: Dr. Shiv Kumar, Chief Scientist in charge, botanical gardens

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