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Project
Century Yarn & Denim estate, Khargone
15 years developing a 105-acre industrial estate: 80,000 sq m of lawn, 15,000 trees of 101 varieties, 50,000 shrubs and pioneering ETP-water irrigation.
- Client
- Century Yarn & Denim (Century Textiles)
- Location
- Khargone, Madhya Pradesh
- Area
- 105-acre estate · 80,000 sq m lawn
- Period
- 1994 – 2009
- Role
- Senior Officer – Horticulture
- Sector
- Industrial campus & township
For fifteen years Ganesh Patel shaped the landscape of the Century Yarn & Denim estate at Khargone — from new roads and bare ground in the 1990s to mature lawns, avenues and gardens. It was one of India’s largest industrial landscape projects of its era.
- years in landscape development
- 30+
- acres of grounds developed
- 200+
- trees & shrubs planted
- 65,000+
- member teams led on site
- 60+
Highlights
- 80,000 sq m of lawn developed and maintained across a 105-acre estate
- 15,000 trees of 101 varieties and 50,000 shrubs planted
- Pop-up, sprinkler, micro-sprinkler, drip and rain-gun irrigation
- Recycled ETP plant water used for irrigation, significantly reducing freshwater consumption
- A fully operational nursery for gap-filling and expansion
- Hardscape — paths, walls and raised beds — in indigenous reclaimed stone
- Interns supervised and community tree-planting events organised
The 1990s: building from bare land
The 2000s: a mature estate
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