Karura Forest sits within Nairobi, a few minutes from the city’s traffic and noise. To a visitor, it looks like one continuous canopy. Its ecology is more varied than that. Karura is a mosaic of four distinct habitats, each with its own plants, wildlife and role in keeping the forest and the city around it, […]
Some trees are simply trees. Others become the place where a forest keeps its memories. In Karura Forest, the Mugumo at Amani Gardens was the second kind. It anchored the gardens from the beginning, becoming a meeting point, picnic shade and favourite backdrop for photographs. Vows were exchanged beneath its boughs, birthdays were marked at […]



