CHENNAI:Having a mini garden on your balcony, or on your desk is no longer a dream. Sayantika Bhowal goes on a whistle-stop tour around the city to help you...
Harith.Tharang
Harith.Tharang was started with a ‘gift-a-plant’ counter by Rashmi Sunil. Along with her partner Nirmala Sudhakar she set up the store at T Nagar in 2010. The interiors and design of the store were planned by Rashmi’s father-in-law. The store not only sells different types of plants but also designs bio walls with coloured pots and various flora species. They encourage residents to set up a garden in their house by gifting a gift box consisting of seeds, soil mix, and a small planter. They have many natural materials like derivatives of coconut trees and bamboos, recycled goods, and all necessary accessories. They can set up kitchen and terrace gardens, with indoor and outdoor plants.
For details visit: www.hariththarang.com
Price Rs 40 onwards Bio walls: Rs 450 onwards for one set of plant and pots
The Garden Store
Headed by Deepika Vijay, the store’s focus is to provide a green future. They mostly aim to provide plants and equipment to create a garden in your office or home. They have coloured pots, descriptive planters, environment-friendly accessories, hammocks and hard-scraping elements. Most of their products are sourced from Karnataka and West Bengal.
For details visit: www.thegardenstore.org
Price Rs 70 for manures
Tree Bank Garden Jewels
Prithviraj followed his father’s footstep to promote greenery in the city and opened the shop two years ago in Virumgambakkam, which sells everything from seeds to garden equipment. They also help people to set up kitchen gardens and bio walls. They also sell growth bags for terrace gardening.
For details visit: www.facebook.com/treebanknursery
Price
Rs 20 for seeds and Rs 40 to Rs 250 for growth bags
Kaivalya Garden Centre
Harisudhan opened Kaivalya Garden Centre at Anna Nagar in 2009. They have a range of aquatic plants like lotus, water lettuce and lilies, creepers like English Ivy, medicinal plants like tulsi and henna, and bonsais. Kaivalya also sells organic manure and composts, and ceramic, mud and terracotta pots. They have ornamental banana varieties sourced from Kerala and trees from Bengaluru and Pune.
www.perakali.com or call: 9840043379
Price
Tulsi from Rs 20 onwards and flowering plants Rs 40 onwards
Priya Nursery
Located opposite Kilpauk cemetery, Priya Nursery has all kinds of plants - indoors, outdoors, cacti, and succulents. The shop was started by Radhakrishnan in 1983. Most of the plants they have are suitable for Chennai climate. The top-selling products of the shop are Tulsi, rose and jasmine varieties, and indoor plants.
For details call: 09884650561
Price
Plants are priced from Rs 15 to Rs 400, pots from Rs 20 onwards
The Plant Shop
Rajendra and Alekhya Reddy started The Plant Shop five years ago in Ambattur Industrial Estate when they decided to quit their job and start their business by making planters. They introduced aesthetic pots in Chennai, including driftwood pots, reversible planters and Buddha planters. They also sell succulents, cacti, terrarium plants and a variety of palm trees.
For details visit: www.theplantshop.in
Price
Plants from Rs 50 onwards