Our Mara Learning and Development Centre Botany Class had a trip to Maasai Mara Botanical Garden 8 kms away from the Centre.
We saw the magnificent plants e.g Coffee, Coconuts, and many others that we were not expecting to encountered in the semi arid climate of Mara Ecosystem.
We had a a fantastic tour by The owner Mr. Suraj a Botanist who decided to plants many fruits in The Maasai Mara for both pure organic with only cattle manure to add nutrients to these fruit plants.
"Why in the Mara?" one trainee ask. "Plants grow in places like India, why not in Maasai Mara"
"What is the mission of you establishing this Botanical Garden". Reson ask in curiosity. I started so to empower people and to change the community mindset that plants only grow in the wildness and all fruits must be bought in towns and cities. I want to commercialize this Garden.
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