Fragrance Walk and the Mangoes of Lal Bagh
Sat, 13 Jun
|Lal Bagh
This walk traces the erotic influence of mangoes in India, while tasting some delicious mangoes & other exotic fruits from Lalbagh trees. This is the only walk of the year where we get to witness South American fruiting trees in the garden.
Time & Location
13 Jun 2026, 7:30 am – 9:30 am
Lal Bagh, Mavalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560004, India
About the event
This walk traces the erotic influence of mango in India through oral history, art and history. We look at how the mango we love and reliush today has been completely transformed by the arrival pineapple on our lands.
This is the only walk of the year where we get to witness exotic fruits like Bumpy Lemon, Golden Spoon, White Sapote, Tipu’s Mango, Filipino Elephant Apple, Carob, and Dog Teak Fruit.
Lalbagh has a large collection of wild mango trees. Each of them a different flavours—sour, tangy, tart or guava sweet. On this route we forage and uncover these different flavours. These mangoes have no real equivalent to the ones we buy in the market and represent the many directions this fruits has evolved into.
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.
