About the company

We grow the plant,
build the garden,
and come back to it.

Horticultural Development Centre has worked out of Kolkata since 1989 - a 50-bigha nursery at Bibirhut, qualified horticulturists on every site, landscaping credentials with State Government departments and CPWD, and wholesale plant supply across India. One house does all of it, which is the whole point.

Planting stock raised at our farm in Bibirhut
Rows of potted ornamentals under cover at the nursery
A landscape project executed by our field crew

37+

Years in the field

50

Bighas of our own farm

4,700

m² under cover

CPWD

Approved vendor

Kolkata since 1989Our own farm at BibirhutQualified horticulturistsCPWD & State Government approvedLandscape design · build · maintainWholesale supply across IndiaSale counter at Alipore
What we are

Three businesses, one house.

Most garden firms do one of these and buy in the rest. We run all three off the same farm and the same field staff - so nothing is handed off, and nothing gets lost between them.

Landscaping
01

Design · Build · Maintain

Landscaping

Qualified horticulturists survey the site, draw the planting plan and cost it; our own field crew builds it. Then we stay on to maintain it - private gardens, institutional grounds and public works alike.

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The Nursery
02

Grown, not traded

The Nursery

50 bighas at Bibirhut, Ramdevpur in South 24 Parganas, developed scientifically over the years. Plants are propagated, hardened and held here until they are ready - which is why we know the age and condition of everything we hand over.

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Wholesale Supply
03

Pan-India despatch

Wholesale Supply

Exotic, ornamental and fruit plants in bulk to nurseries, landscapers, garden centres, farmers & plant lovers - anywhere in India, by bus, train or courier, with customer care on the line before the consignment leaves and after it lands.

Wholesale enquiry
Our story

From one nursery to 37 years of it.

The idea was modest: grow good planting material properly, and sell it honestly. Everything since has grown out of that one decision.

Our nursery at Bibirhut, Ramdevpur

“We are not a garden shop that also plants. We grow the plant, design the space it goes into, and come back to look after it.”

  1. 1989

    Work begins in Kolkata

    A small group of people who had spent their working lives in horticulture start growing and selling planting material - properly, and honestly.

  2. 1990

    Horticultural Development Centre is formed

    The organisation is formally established around the nursery, with horticulture - not trading - at the centre of it.

  3. The farm

    50 bighas at Bibirhut

    Land at Ramdevpur, South 24 Parganas is developed scientifically to propagate and produce plants and grasses suited to tropical and subtropical conditions.

  4. Under cover

    4,700 m² of protected cultivation

    2,500 m² of polyshed house, 2,000 m² of green house and a 200 m² fanpad house, served by sprinkler, fogger and drip irrigation.

  5. Public works

    Cleared for State Government & CPWD

    Parks, gardens and beautification work executed under State Government departments and CPWD - the same crew, under public tendering and inspection.

  6. Today

    Counter, campus and courier

    A showroom at Alipore, landscaping across West Bengal, and wholesale consignments despatched nationwide - sold online and across the counter alike.

The farm at Bibirhut

Protected cultivation, not a buying desk.

Developed scientifically over the years to propagate and produce plants and grasses suited to tropical and subtropical conditions - so material establishes, rather than merely surviving the journey.

50bighas

Total farm area at Bibirhut

2,500m²

Polyshed house

2,000m²

Green house

200m²

Fanpad house

Protected cultivation under the green house at our Bibirhut farm
Sprinkler irrigationFogger linesDrip irrigationShade hardeningImported varietiesTropical & subtropical stock
What we do

Gardens, designed and kept by the same people.

Four services, all executed by our own horticulturists and field staff - and stocked from our own farm.

Credentials

Cleared for public works, not just private gardens.

Approved-vendor status with West Bengal State Government departments and CPWD means the same crew that builds a private garden is cleared to work on public ground - under its tendering, documentation and inspection regime.

Approved by

CPWD & West Bengal State Government departments

Parks, gardens and beautification work executed for State departments, CPWD and private clients across the country.

Selected projects

  • 01Soujanya State Banquet Hall (Alipore)
  • 02Krishnanagar IT Park
  • 03Jhargram Tourist Lodge
  • 04Malda IT Park
  • 05Biswa Bangla Khudra Bazar (Bolpur)
  • 06West Bengal Legislative Assembly House
  • 07National Library
  • 08Alipore Zoological Gardens
  • 09Rabindra Sarobar Lake
  • 10Uttarayan Township
Products & supplies

Everything a garden needs, under one roof.

Our Alipore counter is the one place in West Bengal where plants, seeds, pots, hanging baskets, nutrients, plant protection chemicals, implements and every accessory sit together.

Plants

  • Ornamental trees & shrubs
  • Indoor & hanging plants
  • Topiary & bonsai
  • Fruit plants
  • Exotic imported varieties

Seasonal & Lawn

  • Winter flower seedlings (Aug – Dec)
  • Summer flower seeds (Feb – May)
  • Mexican lawn grass
  • Shade grass
  • Blade grass

Pots & Planters

  • Earthen - general, mazla / chali
  • Bonsai pots
  • LLDPE & fibre pots
  • Decorative planters
  • Hanging & vertical biowall units

Manure & Nutrients

  • Vermicompost & bone meal
  • Mustard & neem oil cake
  • Horn meal
  • Super phosphate, DAP, NPK
  • Suphala, 19:19:19, 20:20:20, potash

Plant Protection

  • Organic insecticides
  • Inorganic insecticides
  • Fungicides
  • Neem-based sprays
  • Counter advice on dosage

Implements & Media

  • Hedge shears & secateurs
  • Rakes, khurpa, sprayers
  • Watering pipes, sprinklers, cans
  • Cocopeat, garden soil, cowdung
  • Decorative pebbles
Wholesale & pan-India supply

Bulk consignments, despatched anywhere in India.

Exotic, ornamental and fruit plants in wholesale quantity to nurseries, landscapers, garden centres, farmers & plant lovers - grown and hardened on our own farm, packed there, and sent by whichever mode suits the order. Sold online and across the counter alike.

Wholesale quantitySupply all over IndiaBy busBy trainBy courierCustomer care support

Order or enquire

Tell us the species, the quantity and where it has to reach. We will tell you how it travels and what it costs.

The people

Qualified horticulturists, and field staff who come back.

Behind every garden is one house doing all of it - raising the plants at Bibirhut, surveying and designing the site, executing the work, and returning season after season. Nothing is subcontracted out and then forgotten.

Tapan Maiti

Proprietor · Horticultural Development Centre

Tapan Maiti

Landscaping in Kolkata is rarely a matter of taste alone. The soil is heavy, the monsoon is unforgiving, and a terrace has only so much load to give. What survives here is what was chosen with those things in mind.

That conviction is why we kept the nursery rather than becoming a trading house. When a plant is raised on our own farm we know its age, its hardening, and what it will do in its second year - none of which can be guaranteed from a bought-in consignment.

It is also why we invested early in protected cultivation and modern irrigation: polyshed, green house and fanpad structures with sprinkler, fogger and drip systems let us hold quality through the seasons that would otherwise dictate what we could offer.

Our Horticulturists & Field Staff

Design · Execution · Maintenance

Our Horticulturists & Field Staff

Every project is read on site before it is drawn. Light hours, drainage, soil, wind, load and how the space will actually be used decide the planting plan - not a catalogue picked in an office.

The team covers the full arc: survey and design, soil preparation and planting, lawn laying, roof-garden waterproofing with geotextile and drain cell, and the irrigation that keeps it all alive.

The staff who plant a garden are the ones who come back to it. Pruning, feeding, pest control, lawn upkeep and seasonal replanting run on a schedule, which is how a garden still looks considered in its fifth year.

Visit us

Come to the counter, or ask us to come to you.

The showroom at Alipore is open six days a week. For a garden, a roof or a campus, a horticulturist will come and read the site first.

Showroom & sale counter

2/5 Judges Court Road,

Alipore, Kolkata 700027

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The farm

Bibirhut, Ramdevpur,

South 24 Parganas

Phone

(033) 2479-5710

+91 90882 75576

Call us

Hours

Mon – Sat

10:00 – 19:00

Our showroom and sale counter at Judges Court Road, Alipore

Showroom

Plants, pots, nutrients, chemicals and implements, all in one place.

horticulturaldc@gmail.com
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