November Tree Festival 2024

Yellows and browns on the trees,
A carpet of fallen leaves
Some trees with old fruits,
Some of them are in bloom too!
– Winter is here, and so is the last tree festival of the year.

Organize and go on tree walks around you and SeasonWatch your trees. Complete the festival challenges to win exciting prizes!

When: 22 November – 1 December 2024

Where: Anywhere in India!

Festival Challenges

1. 100-not-out: Observe 100 individuals of any of the 171 SeasonWatch tree species in the 10 days of the festival.
2. Never-before-November: Observe as many individuals of these common tree species as possible –

*Trees of Never-before-November challenge:

1. 1. Devil’s Tree (Alstonia scholaris)
   2. Neem (Azadirachta indica)
   3. Mast Tree (Monoon longifolium)
   4. Drumstick (Moringa oleifera)
   5. Indian Almond (Terminalia catappa)

How to participate

1. If you’re new to SeasonWatch, register on the website or Android app.
2. Go outdoors and choose any SeasonWatch species to observe.
3. To make a one-time-only observation on a tree, click on the ‘casual’ tab, and then the ‘eye’ icon. To observe the same tree more than once, click on the ‘regular’ tab and then the ‘+’ button to register it with SeasonWatch, or on the ‘eye’ icon to add observations on a registered tree. You can make both types of observations for the November Tree Festival! Need more help? Watch our video tutorials to get set and go!
4. Observe as follows – imagine the tree canopy as a circle and divide it into 3 equal parts from the centre. If the stage you are observing is found in ⅓ parts, choose ‘few’. If the stage is seen in more than one part, choose ‘many’, and if it is absent, choose ‘none’.
   
5. To share your observations with everyone, make sure to make your profile set to ‘public’ on the website (Login > Account > My profile > Make profile public), and keep track of daily observations at Explore > Patterns > Observations.
6. Participate in other ways by going on tree walks with tree lovers, and sharing the event posters with tree enthusiasts.
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Happy SeasonWatching!