PUNE: Humans have always been fascinated by natural greenery. A perfect example of this is the garden around the house. With increasing urbanization, bungalows were replaced by flats and gardens by terrace gardens. These terrace gardens inside the house often wither away due to the lack of necessary and timely maintenance. As a solution to this, Biophilia, the garden center on Karve Road, has launched a unique ‘Plant Truck’ concept to deliver all the services required for a home or a terrace garden. This was announced by Anuradha Barpande, Co-founder of Biophilia during a Press Conference held in the city today. Durga Dharmadhikari and Ajay Bokil were present on this occasion.
Elaborating on this, Anuradha Barpande said, “Although services like Plant Trucks are widely available in the US, they do not seem to have taken off in India. Our attempt to provide home or terrace garden services through a Plant Truck is probably the first such example in our country.”
For the past few months, the greenery inside the new airport in Bengaluru has become a topic of discussion around the world. Recently famous actor and newly appointed director of FTII – Pune, R. Madhavan was also fascinated by this greenery and praised it through a post on Instagram. Pune’ Anuradha Barpande and her husband Pradeep Barpande are the ones behind the creation of this beautiful vertical garden spread over an area of more than 55,000 square feet inside the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.
“Our Plant Truck offers a wide variety of plants, beautifully designed pots, accessories for indoor natural greenery, essential organic fertilizers, other essentials/tools for indoor and terrace gardening, innovative vertical greenery options, and skilled manpower to keep your home or terrace garden always blooming and green“, added Barpande.
Barpande mentioned that ‘Plant Truck’ is a promising step that has been taken to create a relationship between citizens and the small but sustainable greenery at home, with the reasons to enjoy being in the company of nature and to keep the surrounding environment pleasant and happy.
Giving more information about this, Durga Dharmadhikari said, “Biophilia and the plants available in our Plant Truck are developed in our own nursery at Varve or near Khed Shivapur, and so we are able to maintain its quality and standard. Biophilia’s founders have over 33 years of experience in the gardening segment and with the help of this massive experience we have been able to create a unique ‘Potting Mix’ by adding various components to a naturally occurring biomass ‘Peat Moss’ by adding some required elements. This not only helps to control the PH value of the plants, retain water for a longer period, keep insects and mosquitoes away but also helps to simplify the maintenance process of the plants planted in the home garden.”
“We intend to spread awareness about Home Gardening through this Plant Truck. Some workshops will also be organized by taking this Truck to the big house societies“, she informed.
Ecogreen Landscape Technologies is the parent company of Biophilia founded by Anuradha and Pradeep Barpande. It is the leading company in the country for innovative greeneries developing Green Walls, Green Roofs, and Urban Farming as per the requirements of clients. The organization has been functioning since 1987 and is mainly operational in areas like technical implementation, maintenance, transplanting of large trees, soil erosion control, bulk supply of saplings, and landscape maintenance. Anuradha Barpande is an expert in microbiology and Pradeep Barpande has a special interest in gardening and nursery. All the ELT India Green Wall systems are innovative, proprietary, and protected by intellectual property applications including designs, patents, and trademarks. Earlier, Green Walls were either imported from abroad or developed in India using foreign technology.
World’s largest man-made Vertical Garden at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru which is spread over an area of 55,000 square feet was designed and developed by the Barpande couple. Realizing that it would be a challenging task to maintain each of these trees, the Barpande couple has developed a method of watering and drainage of the water system by using sensor-based technology. Moreover, the massive indoor greenery which consists of a lot of Bells and Veils of big size has been designed in such a way that its care and maintenance becomes easier.
