Causes · Environment · Lake edges & school grounds · Bengaluru
Urban Forests
Dense, native, noisy with birds — forests the size of a tennis court, planted with the neighbours.
21,000 reached this yearWhy this matters
Bengaluru has lost most of the tree cover it was once named for. We can't bring that back alone — but we can plant small, dense forests of native species where people will see them every day.
Each forest is around 400 square metres and holds about 1,200 saplings of 40 species — neem, honge, jamun, mango, peepal and the shrubs that grow beneath them. Neighbours, students and corporate volunteers do the planting; our gardeners water, weed and mulch for three years until the canopy closes.
Every ₹300 plants one sapling and pays for its care until it can look after itself.
What your gift does
- 0114 mini forests planted since 2021
- 0231,000 native saplings, 86% survival
- 03Surface temperature 4°C lower at planted schools
- 042,900 volunteers have planted with us
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See what your gift becomes
3
× native sapling, planted and cared for three years
The remaining ₹100 goes to the same cause.
Give your time
Volunteer with Urban Forests
Puttenahalli Lake Clean-up
Pull plastic and weeds from the lake edge, sort what we collect, and plant 200 native shrubs along the bund.
Plant a Miyawaki Forest
Dig, mulch and plant 1,200 native saplings in a single morning on a government school ground in Yelahanka.
Hebbal Lake Bird Count
Count and log waterbirds with naturalists, then help survey the 2023 lakeside forest for its third-year check.
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