Tree Planting at Beddagana Wetland Park

Year and Month	06-February-2021
Number of Days	One
Crew	15 (AAT Staff)
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	Staff Van
Activities	Tree Planting, Photography, Sightseeing, Nature Exploring, Conservation
Weather	Perfect
Route	AAT Centre -> Beddagana Wetland Park
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Carry enough water Plan the event with the park manager Take necessary permission Follow park authority guidelines Do not litter Leave only footprints
Related Resources	Special Thanks to AAT Sri Lanka to conduct this CSR program And to Ms Narmadha (Park Manager) for the cooperation My previous visit – Beddagana Wetland Park
Author	Ranshan Fernando
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AAT Sri Lanka planted a collection of rare plants in the Beddagana wetland park

The Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT Sri Lanka) conducted a tree planting and a clean-up event at the Beddagana Wetland park premises recently. According to the requirement given to AAT Sri Lanka, have planted over 50 rare plants inside the park where a new forest area is planned to develop.

Also, AAT Sri Lanka has placed 20 name boards at the park premises in the purpose of identifying the general names and scientific names of the trees and plants. There were about 20 staff members were participated in the event and they have planted all the trees and placed the name boards and had a walk inside the park while conducting a clean-up activity. Further, there was an interactive session with the team and the staff was able to gain great knowledge about the biodiversity around the park and the history of the area.

Welcoming us

The Path

More flowers

More to see

Introduction by Ms Narmadha

She is the Park Manager

Here we started planting

From AAT

Plants

Staff on work

AAT Staff

Planting more

Supporting to nature

Beautiful flowers

Hard-working

Planting more

Capturing the moments

Work on progress

Chamil is on duty

Sobi is also on duty

Fresh plants

Hard-working

They are beautiful

More to plant

Some of the species are, Antidesma ghaesembilla, Morus alba, Murraya paniculata, Asclepias curassavica, Bauhinia acuminata, Clerodendrum paniculatum, Duranta erecta, Hellenia speciosa, Hedyotis fruticosa, Woodfordia fruticosa, Annona reticulata, Tecoma stans, Saraca asoca, Osbeckia octandra, Mussaenda frondosa, Xanthostemon chrysanthus and Senna auriculata. Most of the plants are very rare and difficult to be seen in the city area; hence this would be a good opportunity for the people/ students for their educational purpose in future.

Beddagana Wetland Park was opened in 2016 at Beddagana, Kotte and it extends nearly 18 hectares of wetland surrounding Diyawanna Lake. This park is very much famous among the school students and researchers to observe birds, butterflies, mammals, trees, plants, and aquatic animals.

We did it

Few Marketing team members

More to plant

For nature

Fresh plants

Park visit

For nature

Famous bridge

Still in the morning

For nature

The plants we planted

Beauty

An educational session

During the session

Conducted by Ms Narmadha

Butterflies

More Butterflies

Walk started

This is the first time that AAT Sri Lanka has extended their corporate social responsibilities to the environment and it is also a valuable step to grow plants at the wetland according to the requirement of the park and the persistence of the plants are assured. AAT Sri Lanka is expecting to do more CSR activities this year to fulfill the social requirement under this pandemic situation.