This Coimbatore nursery specialises in trees and plants native to Tamil Nadu
The HinduButterflies announce the presence of the nursery long before we enter it. “It began as an initiative to support our NGO Arulagam’s vulture conservation efforts,” says Bharathidasan, taking us around the nursery. “In Mudumalai, we mostly sell plants that can be used as cattle fodder so that locals can make use of them,” explains Bharathidasan: “In Ramnad, we nurture varieties that thrive in the sandy soil of the region, including various species of palm trees.” Kavitha shows us saplings of native varieties such as vaagai, viraali, gundu mani kodi, punthiranjeevi, thaalai, Nagalingam tree, muyal kaadhu, and the bondham puli tree. “Apart from trees, we also sell herbs, shrubs, and plants that can be used as live fences by farmers,” she says. “I wonder if they will be cared for well where they go,” she says, adding: “I’m constantly in touch with our customers, who share information about the status of the plants and trees.” A plant that attracts butterflies, a tree that attracts upto 32 varieties of birds: Poonthalir has a lot of such gems.
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