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Tending to Malenadu
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Malnad Forest Garden Collective began in the summer of 2001. It continues to be
a modest effort to document and increase the diversity of species grown in the
home gardens of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. Although the term Malenadu refers to the hilly regions of the Western Ghats, the network includes the narrow coastal belt, and the eastern fringes of the Ghats in its scope. |
A home garden could be a few plants, a tiny patch of land outside one’s house, a one acre field, or even a mixed forest garden. It provides access to food (and thus food security), nutrition, and an additional source of income. Tree species are an important component of home gardens. The soul of a home garden is its rich biodiversity.
Vanastree in the news!
Sharing Green Treasure, Deccan Herald, 26 June 2007, Anitha Pailoor
The Malnad Mela, India Together, 27 June 2007, Keya Acharya
We are associated with the following groups:
Kalpavriksh, Prakruti, TEED, Sneha Kunja, BAIF, Sameeksha Ayurvedalaya, The Concerned for Working Children (CWC), Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)