Herbal gardens for 10 Colombo schools

The School Herbal Garden Development Project organised by the Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) will hold its inaugural tree planting ceremony on April 3 at Kotahena Central College, CMC sources said.

The CMC’s Public Health Department in association with the Indigenous Medicine Department of the CMC and Hettigoda Group plan to introduce herbal gardens at 10 selected schools in the CMC area for the initial stage of this project.

Chief Medical Officer of the Public Health Department of the CMC Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam said by introducing herbs a healthy environment can be created.

The students could be taught how to get a nutritious diet at a very low cost like “mallung” and herbal porridge, he added.