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Sheet 06 — Scope of works

Corporate Plantscaping

Indoor planting for offices and workplaces. We specify it against the light your floor actually gets, install it, and keep it alive on a scheduled contract. The plants are yours; the upkeep is ours.

Overview

Office planting fails at eight metres from the glass.

Almost every office planting scheme that dies does so for one reason: species chosen for a catalogue photograph, placed at a position that gets a fraction of the light the plant needs. A ficus two metres from a window and the same ficus beside a lift lobby are two entirely different propositions.

So we zone the floor before we specify anything. Light is measured at the planter position, not at the window, and each zone gets planting that will hold there — or a different solution where nothing natural will.

Fig. 02 — Light zoning, typical floor plate
ZONE AZONE BZONE CZONE D0m2m5m8mcoreDISTANCE FROM GLAZING
A0–2 m · high light · specimen planting
B2–5 m · moderate · most foliage holds
C5–8 m · low · low-light species only
DCore · no daylight · preserved or lit
●Natural planting position
○Preserved / supplemented position
The commercial model

We do not rent plants.

Most office planting in India is sold as rental, where the vendor keeps ownership and you pay indefinitely for something you never own. We work the other way round, and it changes what gets specified.

Model A — Rental

The vendor owns the plants

  • You pay a monthly fee indefinitely and own nothing at the end
  • Specification favours what rotates easily, not what lasts
  • Struggling plants get swapped out rather than diagnosed
  • Ending the contract means the planting leaves with the vendor
Model B — How we work

You own the plants. We hold the upkeep.

  • One purchase, then a maintenance contract you can stop any time
  • Specification favours what will actually hold at that position
  • Anything that fails under contract is replaced by us, at our cost
  • End the contract and the planting stays exactly where it is

Replacement cover puts the risk of a bad specification on us, not on your facilities budget

Scope

What an engagement includes.

01

Light survey & zoning

Readings taken at each intended planter position across the floor plate, mapped to the zones shown above.

02

Specification

Species selected per zone, sized for the position and the ceiling height, with a stated expectation of how each will behave.

03

Planters

Finish, size and material chosen to sit with the interior scheme rather than fight it. Self-watering reservoirs where visit frequency makes them worthwhile.

04

Supply & installation

Sourcing, acclimatisation and placement handled by our team, scheduled around your working hours and building access rules.

05

Scheduled maintenance

Watering, pruning, leaf cleaning, feeding and pest checks on a fixed visit cycle agreed at the outset.

06

Replacement cover

Any planting that fails while under the maintenance contract is replaced by us at no additional cost.

07

Visit reporting

A simple written record of each visit for facilities teams who need one for their own reporting.

Method

What we establish before pricing.

A per-planter rate quoted over email is a guess. These are the things that actually change the specification.

01

Light at each position

Measured where the planter will stand. This is the single biggest determinant of what survives.

02

Air conditioning

Heavily conditioned floors run dry and draughty. Several popular species will not hold in those conditions.

03

Footfall

Corridors and lift lobbies need planting that tolerates being brushed past. Open floor positions do not.

04

Water point per floor

Where our team draws water on each floor, and whether that is practical during working hours.

05

Building access

Entry procedure, permitted timings and whether maintenance must be scheduled outside office hours.

06

Interior scheme

Finishes and palette, so planters read as part of the fit-out rather than something added afterwards.

Sequence

Four stages, one point of contact.

01 / Survey

Floor walk

Light readings, access, water points and a look at how each area is actually used.

02 / Specify

Zoned proposal

Species, planters and positions issued as a line-item scope for sign-off.

03 / Install

Placement

Sourcing, acclimatisation and installation around your working hours.

04 / Maintain

Visit cycle

Scheduled maintenance with replacement cover and a written visit record.

Questions

Frequently asked.

Do we own the plants, or is this a rental?

You own them. This is a purchase plus a maintenance contract, not a rental. If you ever end the maintenance contract, the planting stays with you.

What does a maintenance visit actually cover?

Watering, pruning, leaf cleaning, feeding, pest checks, and rotating anything struggling into a better position. Visit frequency is agreed at the outset based on the size of the installation and how demanding the positions are.

What happens if a plant dies?

We replace it under the maintenance contract at no extra cost. That is deliberate — it puts the risk of a bad specification on us rather than on your facilities budget, which is also why we insist on surveying light before quoting.

Is there a minimum contract period?

We would normally suggest twelve months, because planting needs a full seasonal cycle to establish and the value of a maintenance contract shows over time rather than in the first quarter. It is a suggestion, not a lock-in.

Can you work in areas with no natural light at all?

Yes, but not with ordinary planting. Core areas, internal meeting rooms and windowless corridors get preserved moss, preserved foliage, or planting supported by dedicated grow lighting. We would rather propose one of those than install something that quietly declines over six months.

Can you take over planting another vendor installed?

Often, once we have seen it. We would survey the floor first and tell you honestly which existing planting is worth keeping and which is in a position it was never going to survive.

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Contact

Planning planting for a new fit-out?

Send us a floor plan and we will come and take light readings. Surveys within Delhi NCR are free.

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