Fragrance Walk and the Lores of Haunted Trees
Sun, 24 May
|Lal Bagh
This curated route is a collection of haunted tree stories involving trees, demons, spirits and other non-human characters from folklore. These were our last few stories with trees before we went tree blind.
Time & Location
24 May 2026, 7:30 am – 9:30 am
Lal Bagh, Mavalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560004, India
About the event
Lores of Haunted Trees is a retelling of forgotten haunted tales involving trees. Before books, it was the trees that our stories were bound to. Using fear these stories functioned to protect and guard spaces, codify wisdom and reinforce bias.
These were the last few stories involving trees before we went tree blind. These stories are a portrait of our parting relationship with trees before modernity sanitised them from our stories.
These walks are one of many designed to erase tree blindness and introduce Lal Bagh’s tree diversity.
ABOUT ME
My name is Abhishek Khan. I am a research based artist, designer, and storyteller under the pen name: Hand Jobs Inc. As a designer I have designed the brand identity for General Items
I started Lalbagh.info website as a free public archive of Lal Bagh flowers. The website now hosts Flower Finder, and self-guided Fragrance Walk.
You can also subscribe to my Flower Calendar via Google Calendar here.
This is my botanical storytelling project and has been featured in
I have conducted walks in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Vancouver. I have researched, written and performed scripts like
Lores of Haunted Trees
Botany of Opium Ships
Botany of Literature
Botany of Alcohol
Botany of Psychedelics
Botany of Lovemaking
Mafia of House Plants
INSTRUCTIONS
- Please arrive by 7:10 am
- Garden has parking, please arrive earlier for parking and walking to gate from parking lot.
Suggested Carry Materials
- Refillable Water Bottle (no single use plastic)
- Sun hat
- Sunglasses
- Handkerchief
- Small Basket to collect flowers/ botanicals (optional)
- Snack (optional)
- If you happen to be late, WhatsApp me for live location. No calls, as I would be amidst a very dramatic tale.
NOT ALLOWED
As per Horticulture Dept.
- DSLR cameras
- Single use plastic bottle
REFUND POLICY
No refunds. Unused tickets can be use for any future walks or transferred to a friend. Transfer to enemies is not allowed.
