ABOUT THE EVENT:
Spring is the season of emerging flowers when some of our iconic native and avenue trees are on their bright and best display! SeasonWatch invites you to make observations on some colourful trees, starting mid-February and until the end of March.
You can take part in this festival by completing either or both of the challenges below. You can also take part in one of the tree walks.
CHALLENGES
1. Spring Species Challenge:
The goal of this challenge is to find and observe following six species during the festival:
Samanea saman(Rain Tree) Cassia fistula (Indian laburnum)
To take part in this challenge, you can observe the trees in two ways:
- Casual observations on 20 or more different trees of one or more of the above species, AND/OR (see tutorial here)
- Regular observations in 4 consecutive weeks on a registered tree of one or more of the above species (see tutorial here)
2. All Species Challenge:
The goal of this challenge is to observe at least 30 trees belonging to ANY SeasonWatch species (complete list here)
For both the challenges, two all-India winners (one school and one individual) will be picked using lucky-draw and they will get a special prize from SeasonWatch!
TREE WALKS:
We will organize tree walks across the country on 21st and 22nd March. If you are interested in joining, please do check out this page or our social media pages in the coming weeks for more details.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
If you are new to SeasonWatch, please register and upload your observations using our website or SeasonWatch android app available on Google Play.
CONTACT:
For any queries, write to us on sw@seasonwatch.in