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NMMC’s 11^th Fruits, Plants & Vegetable Expo to support social initiative SEED for the 4^th year

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) with the support of Heart Foundation (HF) is organizing the 11th Fruits, Plants, Vegetables & Flower Exhibition to be held from 3rd to 5th March 2017 at Wonders Park, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, which would also have live Musical evenings based on “Health is Wealth 2017” to promote sowing of SEED (Save Earth from Eternal Damage) a social initiative by HEART Foundation.

Talking to Mr. Balchandra Gavali, Assistant Horticultural Officer, NMMC, he said “The entry to the above exhibition is absolutely free for all the three days. It will have various fun filled activities like painting, Photography, Rangoli, etc and will have various lectures of how to have a roof or kitchen garden to name a few. There would be awards for best entries too. There will be spot painting on Environment for different ages, fruit carvings, Rangoli with Petals and many more exciting programs. The children would get to see over 1400 varieties of Fruits, Plants, and Vegetables & Flowers which cannot be seen on a regular basis. I am also glad that we have joined hands once again to support the social initiative of SEED by the Heart Foundation.”

“Through the SEED initiative, we had over 20000 students attend the Exhibition last year and hope to reach to more this year. We want to put across to every child the seriousness of not only planting trees but also being more Eco-friendly which literally means being earth-friendly or not harmful to the environment. You can engage in eco-friendly habits or practices by being more conscious of how you use resources. Global warming is another serious issue and refers to an increase in the average temperature of the Earth as a result of the greenhouse effect, in which gases in the upper atmosphere trap solar radiation close to the planet's surface instead of allowing it to dissipate into space. We would promote planting of seeds, reduce waste and conserve water etc through our ongoing seminars in Schools and Colleges in the future.”  Said Dr. Jayakar Ellis, President of the foundation.

There would be seminars taken by eminent horticulturists with regards to identification of plants, kitchen garden, homemade segregation and decomposed garbage to name a few. There would be gifts for best entries too. For further details, and to book the slots for lectures, please call on +91 8080007777