How to star a plant nursery business in and around area of Mumbai or Bangalore, India?

[Rashmi Rajwani]

Hey folks,
I am new to this community and hopeful that I will get my queries solved here.
Nice to meet you all here!

So I do not have plantation/gardening/horticulture background but very much interested in starting a business or investing my full time into this.
I am unaware of where to start from / how to start ? Should I do any course to understand the technical bit or should search for wholesale supplier contacts for plant stock?
What is the eligibility to get the nursery up & running?
Where to find the suppliers for the gardening stock? How to find the right location for the land?
Your guidance/opinion/direction will be of high importance to me. Any information for this post is highly appreciated.
Look forward to your responses.

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Best,
Rashmi

 

[Arifa]

Hi Rashmi, did you happen to get answers to your questions? I am in the same boat as you were a year back. I am keen on starting a nursery business but I do not have any background of horticulture. If you were able to start your business or gather some information through your research, would you be so kind to share with me?

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Welcome to the forum.
You make it sound like a simple retail business, buying in stock and selling on, and I suppose it can be like that, professional gardeners I know working for corporate clients will buy in a whole bunch of plants to fill an area; but you won't know what is wanted, you are starting from scratch. I would start at the beginning and raise a bunch of seeds and see if I could sell the plants, that doesn't need a lot of space, seeds are the cheapest way to raise plants. You can discover what else you need as you go. You don't need a full blown nursery to start off with, a market stall with ten different sorts of young plants you think will be popular would be a start and you would learn so much as you go along. I have a friend who did this with clothing, started with a market stall and ended up with two shops, if he had gone out and bought a shop in the first place he would probably have failed through ignorance of market and demand, by working one day a week on the market alongside his regular job he learned what moved and what he was left with without a large investment. Start small and learn as you go.

 

[reder]

Hi Rashmi, welcome to the community!
To start your plant nursery, you might want to first research local suppliers and learn the basics of plant care. A course in horticulture could help. Also, consider hiring a local seo agency to help with your online presence and attract customers nearby. Hope it helps and good luck!