THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Students of Cotton Hill Girls High School, like most of us in the city, have visited the museum campus many times. But not many were aware about the speciality of trees there. To know the trees better, the students who are participants of the holiday camp Changathikoottam set out on a walk on Friday morning.
They were told about the 12 wonderful trees on the campus that one do not find so easily elsewhere. In their one hour walk, they found trees like Candle tree, Jasmine tree, Java Olive, Ebony, Venezuela Rose, Pride of Burma, Buddha’s Coconut, Wild Rubber, Cannon ball tree, Lettuce tree, Mickey mouse plant, Malabar Iron wood. They also got to see the White Dammer, the Flame of the Forest and Tabebuia in full bloom.
The walk included songs and descriptions about the trees. The participants of the walk responded with interest to know more about the trees in their own school, and initiate the process of planting more trees in their own campus.
The walk ‘The Wonder Dozen’ was organised by Tree Walk in association with the PTA of Cotton Hill Girls High School. Meant to instill curiosity, knowledge and observation skills about trees and nature in children, the walk was dedicated to one of the earliest Tree Walkers, late General SK Pillai, who passed away 2 years ago on this day.
The walk led by ecologist S Santhi started with a moment of silence for the departed soul.
The walk was attended by the Headmistress, Principal and PTA President of the School TP Sudhakaran, along with teachers. The walk also had the support of Tree Walk team Anitha Sharma, Suresh Elamon, Veena, M, Jean Nettar, Prasath Rajendra, Renu Henry, Neeta, Namitha Lal and Meenakshi.