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IE : To learn biodiversity students create a herbal garden : Sept 20,2007 To learn biodiversity, students create a herbal garden in school campus Spread across 120 sq metre, the garden will enable them to understand use of different medicinal plants EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE SEPTEMBER 19 IN A bid to find out innovative ways of learning outside the four walls of a classroom, students of Army school in Colaba have come up with a novel idea. To learn the science of biodiversity, the students have created a herbal garden by preparing beds of medicinal plants right in their school campus. The garden, prepared on the land measuring 120 square metre, was inaugurated on Wednesday by Brigadier Arjun Menon, Commander, Mumbai sub area. Earlier, the Army Welfare Education Society had issued a directive to all the Army schools in the country stating that students must know the importance of medicinal plants on a practical basis and for this, they should create a herbal garden in their campuses. According to Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO) of the Defence Ministry, A Lambhate, this unique attempt of students to have a herbal garden will not just help them in knowing the use of different medicinal plants, but also help them in practicing day-to-day preventive health measures. To help the students understand usages of various plants, a comprehensive data on different types of ayurvedic and medicinal plants was collected by Dean of RA Podar Ayurvedic Medical College. The garden was then divided into small plots of different shapes so that the plants grow systematically. At present, students are in the process of learning the basic utilities of these plants. Elaborating on use of some of the plants, Lambhate informed that the garden has medicinal plants like Alhatoda - which cures cough and cold, Centella, which is a tonic for hair and brain, Plumbago- good for curing skin diseases and Locknera used for anti-gastric and cancer problems. "The saplings of these plants were procured from different nurseries and later, placards depicting names of these plants and their usages were made by the students," said Lambhate. And it's not just an attempt to gain knowledge about biodiversity of plants, the students also have a plan of action ready for their upcoming Biology projects. "Class 11 students of Biology will prepare a Herbarium file cataloguing and recording growth of all the plants in the garden which will serve as a ready reference for their project," said Lambhate. During the inaugural function, students also recited poems based on importance of plants and various environmental issues. Publication : IE; Section : MN; Pg : 3; Date : 20/9/07 URL : http://70.86.150.130/indianexpress/ArticleText.aspx?article=20_09_2007_523_009 |
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