Green spaces within cities provide rich learning laboratories for students to learn about the composition of flora in their surroundings. Open green spaces within the campus of educational institutions provide an excellent opportunity to know more about the vegetation diversity. A student project was initiated by the Department of Botany, Gurudas College, Kolkata-54, India to quantify the woody trees and shrubs in the college campus. The objective of the student project was to quantify the woody trees and shrubs within the college campus by preparing a checklist. In this present investigation 63 trees and woody shrubs distributed over 30 families in the campus were found.
Urban green spaces (UGS) supply ecosystem services such as biodiversity, climate regulation and other benefits. Urban green spaces are essential for the quality of life, health, and wellbeing of citizens. Urban green spaces provide a habitat for both flora and fauna. Creating herbal garden(s) or gardens with ornamental plants within the campus is a great way of increasing the green space in a campus. Not only does it help in conserving biodiversity it provides an opportunity to the students to know about their local plant genetic resources. This paper is a based on a pilot project in Gurudas College where faculty and students members of the NSS and Vasudha units increased the green space in the college campus. They created a medicinal garden and also helped in maintaining the ornamental garden.
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