Hello, foreign-born Kannidiga here! I was raised on stories of haunted Tamarind trees, bamboo groves harvested for saar and wide lakes of lotuses where kids would chase dragonflies. My appa lived in a village on the outskirts of the city, and he’d tell me all about his adventures there. But, when I asked him to show me, he’d get sad and say… none of those places exist anymore, stop worrying about it and go study. So, I just stay holed up in some concrete building in Bengaluru and hardly ever get to see anything.
Does anyone seem to know some wild places around the area, specifically for botanizing? My family doesn’t like me going out unless there’s an exact place so I can’t explore landfills :/ I’d also like guides for plants in the Ghats region preferably with Kannada names, but in English-- I’m not very proficient.
Oh, and if you’d have some recommendations for easy, insect-attracting natives I could seed on my Adji’s terrace, I’d appreciate that too! Going in June this year and I want to be prepared and make the most of it! Sorry if that’s alot of requests, ha.
