This month’s meeting had a new excitement as Unit 39 decided to have a Plants buy, sell and exchange mela instead of the usual talk and demonstrations. An excellent initiative by the Convenors.
Members were asked to bring saplings, plants, seeds or any garden-related stuff that was extra or spare. The idea was to Recycle, Reuse, Repot and Relocate. Members were asked to bring the saplings in creative and float new ideas of recycling containers, pots etc. The convenors decided to keep a nominal price for each category and 15% of the sales money to be donated to the unit to fund the Tentwala’s bill. Tokens in different colours were made in the denominations of 10, 20, 50 and 100 by volunteers, Monica Mittal Sekhri and Mona Bhardwaj. Members bought the Tokens in exchange for cash and later redeemed them at the end of the event. Members made brisk sales and there was a lot of excitement among all to buy, sell and exchange plants. The plants seemed happy too, they found new homes and love!
The whole experience was an entertaining activity. Everyone managed to get something or the other. The event ended with hot tea and samosas as always.
