Latur: While most retirees choose a quiet life after decades of service, Shivaji Giri from Latur has chosen to nurture life instead. The retired Assistant Forest Officer has transformed his home on Ambajogai Road into a flourishing green sanctuary that rivals a small nursery.

After serving in the Forest Department for several years, including in Naxal-affected areas, Giri developed a deep bond with nature. Refusing to let retirement slow him down, he decided to bring the forest home. Today, his backyard and terrace brim with greenery, housing around 200 pots filled with over 75 varieties of saplings, all grown and tended with meticulous care and affection.

From medicinal herbs and flowering shrubs to fruit-bearing and rare forest species, his garden reflects both scientific knowledge an

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