Nurseries

Initiated with a mission to sustain the plantation drives by the Urban Forestry wing, the HMDA has established 32 central nurseries and 11 temporary nurseries to raise seedlings in a well-planned manner. The HMDA had raised 1.20 crore saplings in 20142015, utilising 35 lakhs of the stock later in the year.

The following year, the nurseries of HMDA nurtured three crore seedlings, including 85 lakh seedlings leftover for plantation. In 2016-2017, Urban Forestry, HMDA, utilized the previous year’s stock of 174 lakh saplings for planting at various locations. Also, in the same year, the establishment commenced the distribution of seedlings to the public and other institutions/organizations in the city. Presently, over 150 varieties of tree species, perennial herbs, and shrubs, climbers, aromatic and medicinal plants are being nurtured in the HMDA-run nurseries to realise the objectives for TKHH. The tending and caring for the saplings at the nurseries are done by skilled women groups who are employed at the community levels. Together, they raise saplings for plantation drives such as - Avenue Plantation, Institutional Plantation, Industrial Plantation, and Homestead Plantation -to serve the greening programme. For the 2020 planting season, HMDA has been readying 275 lakh seedlings and 20 lakh tall plants for avenue plantations.