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Our Story

A Journey Planted
in 2013.

Before there was a group, there was a field, a founder and 700 young sandalwood trees.
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The founder

Nilesh Patel

In 2013, Nilesh Patel planted 700 sandalwood trees on 2 acres. It was a personal undertaking — and the beginning of a cultivation journey that would later take in partnerships, mixed aromatic plantations, managed plots, a village retreat and an agarwood programme.

We describe 2013 as the year the journey began, not as a date of incorporation. A fuller founder biography will be added once approved.

Chapters

Milestones, In Order.

  1. Illustrative visual: young sandalwood trees in rows on farmland at sunriseConcept visual

    2013

    The first planting

    Nilesh Patel plants 700 sandalwood trees on 2 acres.

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  2. Illustrative visual: tended sandalwood grove with a grassy central aisleConcept visual

    2016

    A partnership plantation

    10 acres, 2,000 sandalwood trees.

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  3. Illustrative visual: mixed agroforestry of sandalwood and agarwood treesConcept visual

    2018

    Two aromatic species

    6 acres: 450 agarwood and 1,000 sandalwood trees.

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  4. Illustrative visual: orderly managed plantation beside an earthen path at sunsetConcept visual

    2022

    Managed sandalwood plots

    A 17.5-acre site laid out as 50 managed plots.

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  5. Concept visual: village-inspired mud cottages with tiled roofs beside a river at duskConcept visual

    2023

    Mitti & More

    A 3-acre village-inspired retreat near the Mahisagar River, Lunawada.

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  6. Illustrative visual: macro of resinous dark agarwood chipsConcept visual

    2026

    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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Patience

Sandalwood and agarwood are long-cycle trees. We plan in years and decades, not seasons.

Stewardship

Planting is the start. Most of the work is the care that follows — watering, protection, observation.

Honesty

We describe what is planted, planned or in development — and say clearly which is which.

Places & materials

Glimpses of the Journey