Agriculture Aroma Group
What We Plant Today,
Lives Beyond Us.
Rooted in Nature. Growing a Legacy.
From a sandalwood plantation begun in 2013 to the worlds of nature living, Indian heritage hospitality and natural essences.
The Purpose
We Do Not Simply Develop Land.
We Nurture What It Can Become.
Agriculture Aroma brings together carefully cultivated plantations, nature-based experiences, communities and aromatic materials under one enduring belief: the land deserves patience and care.
A Decade of Roots · 2013 – 2026
Every Legacy Has a First Planting.
2013
The first planting
Nilesh Patel plants 700 sandalwood trees on 2 acres.
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A partnership plantation
10 acres, 2,000 sandalwood trees.
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Two aromatic species
6 acres: 450 agarwood and 1,000 sandalwood trees.
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Managed sandalwood plots
A 17.5-acre site laid out as 50 managed plots.
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Mitti & More
A 3-acre village-inspired retreat near the Mahisagar River, Lunawada.
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Agarwood & Green Valley
Agarwood programmes of 200, 2,000 and 10,000 trees; Green Valley planned as 31 plots on a reported 4-acre site.
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Four Worlds, One Purpose
A Group Grown in Four Directions.
The Forests That Started It All
Cultivated With Patience.
Managed With Purpose.
The journey began in 2013, when Nilesh Patel planted 700 sandalwood trees on 2 acres. Plantings followed in 2016, 2018 and 2022 — each one a separate project with its own scale and care model.
- First planting
- 2013
- Founder's farm
- 700trees
- Projects
- 4
Growth rings as metaphor — one ring per milestone year.
Concept visualMitti & More · Where Memory Lives
Some Places Bring Us Back To Ourselves.
Village-inspired cottages, regional food, traditional games and the natural landscape of Lunawada near the Mahisagar River.
A Home Rooted In More Than Land.
A proposed nature-living community with managed greenery, sandalwood trees, fruit planting and space for growing food — 31 planned plots on a reported 4-acre site.
Artist's impressionThe Essence of Time
From Tree to Resin.
From Resin to Aroma.
An evolving agarwood programme in India — an initial 2,200-tree phase and 10,000 additional signed-up trees — supporting future chips and oud oil supply.
Resin-rich wood, sorted as chips.
Concept visualA Living Botanical Atlas
A Landscape of Many Stories.
Around fifty trees and plants named by the owner in their local, vernacular names — from Pipal and Neem to Moringa and Golden bamboo.
- No. 01
Pipal
Heritage Trees
- No. 02
Neem
Heritage Trees
- No. 03
Banyan tree
Heritage Trees
- No. 04
Kadamb
Heritage Trees
- No. 05
Gulmohar
Bamboo & Ornamental
- No. 06
White sandalwood
Aromatic
- No. 07
Red sandalwood
Aromatic
- No. 08
Mango
Fruit & Food
Legacy
The Future Is Something We Cultivate.
A group belief, carried from the founder's first planting: that what is cared for patiently, over years, can become something worth handing on.