<p>Jabalpur: A former government employee from Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur has grown a ‘mini-forest’ on pots with about 2,500 bonsai, including species like peepal and banyan, on the terrace of his home.</p>.<p>“I have been doing bonsai gardening for the last 40 years,” Sohanlal Dwivedi (74), who retired from MP State Electricity Board 16 years back, told <em>PTI</em> on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The septuagenarian said he has grown 40 varieties of plants and trees, including 25 from sub-group of ficus species like peepal and ‘bargad’ (banyan) using the popular Japanese art form.</p>.Pension benefit to sickle cell anemia affected people in Jharkhand's Khunti.<p>He said he offers free information to students in educational institutions on how to develop bonsai.</p>.<p>“I have provided training to individuals and officials of the forest department too on how to grow bonsai of various species,” he said.</p>.<p>The former government official attributed his wide collection of pot-grown trees to his love for travelling. Wherever he came across a new variety of a plant or tree, he brought it home and worked to grow bonsai from it.</p>.<p>Despite the current heatwave, Dwivedi said he works hard to keep his bonsai mini-forest green. </p>
<p>Jabalpur: A former government employee from Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur has grown a ‘mini-forest’ on pots with about 2,500 bonsai, including species like peepal and banyan, on the terrace of his home.</p>.<p>“I have been doing bonsai gardening for the last 40 years,” Sohanlal Dwivedi (74), who retired from MP State Electricity Board 16 years back, told <em>PTI</em> on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The septuagenarian said he has grown 40 varieties of plants and trees, including 25 from sub-group of ficus species like peepal and ‘bargad’ (banyan) using the popular Japanese art form.</p>.Pension benefit to sickle cell anemia affected people in Jharkhand's Khunti.<p>He said he offers free information to students in educational institutions on how to develop bonsai.</p>.<p>“I have provided training to individuals and officials of the forest department too on how to grow bonsai of various species,” he said.</p>.<p>The former government official attributed his wide collection of pot-grown trees to his love for travelling. Wherever he came across a new variety of a plant or tree, he brought it home and worked to grow bonsai from it.</p>.<p>Despite the current heatwave, Dwivedi said he works hard to keep his bonsai mini-forest green. </p>