Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN meet at Lal Bagh Bangalore- Schedule (Sowmyan Tirumurti) - WikimediaIndia-l

25 Dec 2013

This event happened today. A total of 15 members attended. We were taken
around the botanical garden to identify a few notable trees by Mr Krishnam
Raju, and his colleague Mr Thimmaraya. A few members from other NGOs who
love trees had also joined the meet.

Our next target is to get access to the libraries and the archives. The
library is closed on Sundays and public holidays. Hence this will have to
be on a Saturday.

Another good outcome at the end of the day's meet was visit to the
Director's office to thank them before leaving. Arjuna and Omshivaprakash
met the Director along with me. This meeting and a demo of QR code by
Omshivaprakash resulted in the Director requesting for a training of his
department personnel on 4th Jan 2013. They wish to expand the scope of
support beyond Lal Bagh and cover Horticulture in general. Their enthusiasm
and excitement are good signs for further collaboration.

Omshivaprakash will be organizing the training. Hopefully this can be
followed by access to the Library and the archives.

Regards,
Sowmyan

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 Change in schedule of WMIN monthly meet at Lal Bagh as requested by
 officials at Lal Bagh

 Date: Dec 25, 2013 Christmas day.
 Start Time : 11 AM
 Expected duration of interaction - 2 hours
 Interactions with : Shri Gunavantha - Dy Director
 Location: Office of the Dy Director of Horticulture. As you approach Glass
 House from the Bandstand, the office building will be about 50 meters to
 the right.

 Regards,
 Sowmyan

 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 20:05:55 +0530
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 Hi Shyamal,

 You are welcome to invite others. Just wait till Tuesday. I plan to meet
 the Director on Tuesday and will confirm to you.
 The wealth of information you posted is very interesting. I guess we need
 to form category specific interest groups for greater shared interest.

 For long i have wondered how to revive Bangalore meets. Meets for talking
 and sharing do not seem to enthuse many. Meets to do some joint action is
 more appealing.

 I have invited some people from UAS, GKVK  too. Let us see how things  work
  out. If the invited team from UAS carries back
nice memories more
 enthusiasts from UAS can join us in future ventures too.

 Regards,
 Sowmyan

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 >         Botanical Garden related WP article before the flower show on  Jan
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 > Sowmyan, this is great news indeed! I know a number of people who are
 > interested. It would be great if some of their archives can be  accessed.
  > Most of the trees that are out there are
somewhat more readily  accessible
  > as indeed are the ornamentals.
 >
 > There are some really historic material including some amazing artwork
 > (some of which I believe is by some unfortunately little-known  botanical
   artists
like K. Cheluvayya Raju who died more than 70 years ago).
 There is probably some interesting material related to G H Krumbiegel,  Hugh
  Cleghorn and the Agri Horticultural Society.
 There are also some interesting publications made by the Horticulture
 Department that are largely inaccessible - over the years I have had
 enquiries from the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh for looking up a  book
 > called "Glass House – The Jewel of Lalbagh" published in 1991 that has
 > hardly been seen by people who are interested in it. I have likewise  had
  > requests for archive data relating to John
Cameron (Krumbiegel's
 > predecessor).
 >
 > There is also a great deal of as yet un-written history on plant
 > introductions such as
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote ("Seemay Badnekayi" = foreign
 > brinjal
 >  - one of the introductions to our diet thanks to the work at Lalbagh)  as
  > well as the numerous avenue trees (like the
pink  poui currently in  bloom
  > and chosen by Krumbiegel as part of his Ritu
Samhara idea for  Bangalore)

 For a glimpse of the excellent artwork of an unfortunately little-known
 botanical artist - K. Cheluvayya Raju - see

http://www.benakaartconservation.com/Restoration/Portfolio_-_Art_Conservati…
   and we
have several other botanical artists who as yet have no articles  on
 > even on the en.wiki (for example the somewhat famous pair of Govindoo  and
  > Rungiah).
 >
 > I have been postponing my own plans to research the archives there and
 > would be very happy to join you in your meetings if possible. There are
 > some active tree groups in India who will be interested too.
 >
 > best wishes
 > Shyamal
 >
 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal
 >
 >
 > 