Birla Century campus, Bharuch

Birla Century’s textile plant at Bharuch needed a landscape to match a world-class facility — on a large, open site exposed to Gujarat’s hot summers. As Deputy Manager – Horticulture, Ganesh Patel led the development of the entire campus landscape from scratch and managed it for six years.

What was built

• 34-acre manicured lawn and 15-acre plantation
• 1,600+ ornamental and flowering trees
• 55,000 shrubs and groundcover plants
• 9,000 metres of clipped hedges
• Topiary avenues, hardscape and decorative fountains
• Agro shade-net house for seasonal propagation

33 acres of multi-zone irrigation

Water efficiency was designed in from day one: 10 acres of pop-up sprinklers, 11 acres of ZM systems, 15 acres of drip and 7 acres of micro-sprinklers, each matched to the planting it serves. Advanced water purification was added for summer plant health.

Team and operations

A multidisciplinary team of 60+ horticulture staff was recruited, trained and performance-tracked, with daily work reports to senior management — the operating model that kept the grounds at resort quality throughout the year.