As the monsoon arrives in Karnataka’s Udupi district, a small nursery run by the state’s Social Forestry Department opens its gates to the public, offering indigenous plant varieties for as little as Rs 20.

We got in touch with Siva Sankar, co-founder of Magadha Vana, a farm stay in Udupi’s Hebri Taluk, to learn more about this initiative.

“Towards the end of May or the first week of June, the gates of........

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