heritage tree garden

The building once housed former president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. It was restored in 2012 with support from late Prof Doreswamy, founder of PES educational institutions. However, lack of regular maintenance has once again led to the building being in shambles

Prime Minister Modi's recent five-nation tour saw him present world leaders with culturally rich Indian gifts. From Assam's golden Muga silk to Manipur's Shirui Lily stoles and Agra's marble inlay boxes, these presents showcased India's diverse traditional crafts, agricultural bounty, and musical heritage, fostering cultural exchange.

It took roughly 300 minutes and changed India, but the anniversary barely makes a ripple beyond worn-out memorials and a few residents keeping bits of its past alive

Once A 1940s Housing Project, Lodhi Colony Now Thrives As A Green Sanctuary Blending Historic Architecture With Art

Delhi's springscape offers a vibrant display of flowering trees, inviting residents to slow down and engage with nature through tree gazing.

The CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow has created a 'heritage tree garden,' showcasing plants linked to India's freedom movement and historical past. The garden features trees with significant stories, including a peepal from Cellular Jail, a tamarind tree from Fatehpur, and a mango tree from Dashehri village. Each tree has a barcode revealing its historical relevance.

Day 3- Beyond its history and hustle, Delhi is also a city of pleasures — of music-filled mehfils, buzzing markets, cosy cafés and quiet green corners. From street shopping in Sarojini Nagar to evenings in cultural venues and the growing importance of third spaces, the capital offers countless ways to pause and unwind. In the final part of Date with Delhi, we explore the leisure landscape that shapes everyday life in the city.

Lodhi Garden, which is known as the green lungs and heritage precinct of Delhi, has been given a facelift by New Delhi Municipal Council for its 75th anniversary celebrations on Saturday.

The Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) on Thursday cleared the controversial proposals for the revamp of Byculla zoo and Five Gardens.

Prominent environmental groups in the city will meet on Thursday to protest against the redevelopment plan for Jijamata Udyan.

The tree census has finally begun at the Himayat Bagh with the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and forest department making joint efforts to prepare the necessary registry of unique green-cover at the Mughal-era garden.

In a first, 256 tree species at Byculla’s V J B Udyan and zoo — the only heritage botanical garden in Mumbai which was established in the year 1861 as Victoria Gardens — have got over 50 informative plaques outlining their important aspects.

In 2002, two century-old rain trees standing in the middle of the road near Dadar Catering College were proving a traffic hazard as several motorists would ram into them in the dark.

Continuous dumping of debris by the BMC for nearly 11 months at the Byculla zoo has claimed four trees at the heritage botanical garden, environmentalists allege.

The Dhantoli police have booked Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) garden superintendent Amol Chaurpagar, tree inspector Anup Bandebuche and a private contractor Akshay Enterprise on Thursday for allegedly violating various norms under the Maharashtra (Urban areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975.

The 75th anniversary celebrations of Lodhi Garden, on Saturday, saw several morning walkers gain a 'new insight' about the area as they joined the heritage walk organized as part of the event.

In a unique conservation initiative, the Calicut University Botanical Garden (CUBG) will provide a safe haven to hundreds of rare, endangered and threatened (RET) trees from the ecologically fragile Western Ghats, which has recently made it to the coveted UNESCO World Heritage list.

Providing heritage tag to ancient trees at the Himayat Bagh and undertaking a tree census for the same purpose is still not in sight despite directives from the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court.

Authorities at the Himayat Bagh have started cutting around a dozen old trees at the Mughal-era garden. This is despite the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court asking them to give the Himayat Bagh trees heritage status and submit the necessary proposal to the state government.

The city is home to around 45 heritage trees, but they have not been identified or labelled by the civic authorities, says amateur botanist Shrikant Ingalhalikar.