Indian Landscape goes greener
4th International Landscape & Gardening Expo 2009 in Hyderabad
Tweet-- Globalization and free market economy being the order of the day, the landscape activities are no more confined to a few professionals. Landscaping has got the industry status with a lot of activities taking place over the last few years.
“The rapid urbanization and industrialization leading to the ongoing construction boom, malls culture, green belts, amusement parks and residential townships, all these have given a new dimension to the art of landscaping, points out S Jafar Naqvi, President, Indian Flowers and Ornamental Plants Welfare Association (IFLORA)
In fact, Naqvi notes, India is availing itself of the services of landscape professionals from Europe, Malaysia, Singapore and importing all kinds of high value products from all over the world”,
Today, green architecture and energy-efficient landscape designs propose an alternative idea of how the appearance of landscape can integrate more fully with the life processes of plants, rather than remain dependent only on their shape and form, says Professor M Shaheer, Shaheer Associates, a prominent landscape architect, based in Delhi.
Indian real estate developers like Ansal API, DLF Universal Ltd, Omaxe Ltd., Hiranandani Developers, MGF Emaar Properties (Dubai), Prestige Group, Supertech, Unitech Builders, Rizvi Builders, Hafeez Contractors, K Raheja Group, Raheja Developers, Meriton Group, Parsvnath Developers, International Land Developers Ltd., Aashiyana Group, Sahara Group, JMD Ltd., Amrapali Group, Panchsheel Buildtech, M2K, Kalpataru Constructions, Merlin Group, Prestige Builders, Rungta Group and many more have joined the new urbanization revolution in India by creating new "Green Living” concepts.
It is undeniable that plants and trees play a key role in the development of our society and culture. Healthy environment is a boon especially for the growing children. Professor Dario Gamboni puts it even more pithily: “Plants make the shape of life itself visible”,
Naqvi adds, “The concept of using Indoor plants in offices and work places is growing in India rapidly because it enhances the employees’ working capability and creativity, while making the environment more peaceful and friendly.” Alongside, some of these plants are useful in curing many common diseases. Therefore offices of MNCs and many corporate bodies in India are growing them often in their office premises
Secondly Pune is a major production hub of quality plants, trees, shrubs and playing an important role to protect environment by supplying nursery plants to almost all top landscape designers, real estate developers, Urban development departments, and also exporting to other countries.
The following from Pune based companies participated in the expo. Display of Maharashtrian produces in this expo is a major attraction among landscape designers, officers of Urban development departments and nurserymen from all over India coming to source their requirements through this mega platform.
K F Bioplants, a leading tissue cultue lab in the country and a most successful Indo-Dutch joint venture project, supplying and exporting tissue culture plants from India.
Tukai Exotics -one of the prominent nursery project involved in developing of all kinds of trees and plants and placing Pune as a sustainable long term suppliers to green projects.
Tropica Nursery- the collection of different imported and indigenous accessories and inputs is the specialisation of this company supplying all kinds of pots, plants, trees, and other inputs all over India.
Vardhaman Fertilizer -a leading soluble fertilizer company focusing on high quality growing of plants, flowers and other horticulture crops.
Gajra Nursery -Ornamental plants and the variety of big size trees is the specialization of this company and became a reliable supplier to sports complexes and new urban projects coming in different metros.
Jagtap Horticulture-Pune's one of the oldest nurserymen diversified into gardening centre, landscaping and importers of inputs for landscape and golf course sector.
It is also proven through various surveys that in the developed world the productivity of working staff has increased by 10 to 15 per cent by providing green surroundings or a good green plant nearby.
The country’s landscape industry has devised its own architectural creativity in the last five decades.
In view of the growing consciousness on Redesigning India thorough promotion of environment-friendly concepts, the 4th International Landscape & Gardening Expo 2009, to be held on 2-3-4 October 2009 in Hyderabad, India, will be an ideal destination for the entire landscape industry. It will be a single platform and a meeting place for all stakeholders under one roof. This mega event will be a world class experience for all professionals in this sector to increase their business through interaction and business dealings.
Adding value to the event will be a two-day conference devoted to “Plants, Places and People”. The discussions will focus on improving the quality of life of people by preserving the environment through proper planning of public places, parks and recreation centres. It will open a new chapter in the history of India’s greening movement.
Key speakers, who have been invited, are: the President of Indian Society of Landscape Architects (ISOLA) Ms. Savita Punde and the presidents of IFPRA, GCSMAI, HMDA, IBA, ITC Group, Raheja Group, Tourism Industry, Nursery Industry, Sports Authority, Amusement Park Industry, Lighting Industry and individuals working for Green sector.