horticulture

Explore the incredible story of Kalimullah Khan, whose innovative grafting technique resulted in a mango tree with 350 varieties. Learn how his lifelong dedication to horticulture made his orchard a global marvel.

Explore the incredible story of Kalimullah Khan, whose innovative grafting technique resulted in a mango tree with 350 varieties. Learn how his lifelong dedication to horticulture made his orchard a global marvel.

Awarded the Padma Shri in 2024, Sarbeswar Basumatary's story is one of perseverance. From humble beginnings as a daily wage labourer in Assam, his remarkable journey proves that resilience, innovation, and hard work can change lives.

Lucknow's Anushka Jaiswal found her passion in farming. She grows exotic vegetables like red and yellow bell peppers, kale, bokchoy, lettuce and more in her six-acre polyhouse.

From industrialist to dragon fruit farmer, Joseph Karackadu has built a successful orchard in Kerala, where he creates new varieties of the exotic fruit.

Thiruvananthapuram’s Vinod Sahadevan Nair, also known as 'Banana Man', quit his job to build a unique farm. Today, he grows over 500 varieties of bananas.

Anushka Jaiswal, an economics graduate from Lucknow found her passion in farming. The 28-year-old grows exotic vegetables like red and yellow bell peppers, kale, bokchoy, lettuce and more in her six-acre polyhouse.

Catering up to 100 orders daily, Parvathy Mohanan turned her gardening hobby into a portulaca flowers business. She shares how she became a commercial gardener by chance.

Born in a family of traditional farmers, Srikanth Bollapally lived in poverty as a child. He decided to take a different route and started growing flowers.

Dhrubajyoti Sharma, head of the Department of Zoology at Dimoria College, Guwahati expanded his father Gopinath’s garden into one of Northeast India’s biggest nurseries with over 10,000 varieties of plants.