Horticulture operations
Mowing, edging, hedge clipping, shrub pruning, weeding, basin maintenance and litter clearance on a fixed cycle.
Annual contract
Landscape and Greenery Maintenance (AMC)
Annual maintenance contracts that keep planted assets looking deliberate — with a written calendar, defined KPIs and reporting instead of an unscheduled crew.
Landscape maintenance is where most Indian projects quietly lose the value of their landscape investment. The planting is delivered, the contract ends, an unsupervised crew arrives on no fixed schedule, and within two years the hedges have lost their line, the medians are overgrown and half the drip line is blocked.
A maintenance contract worth signing has three things: a written calendar tied to the season, defined standards for each element — hedge height, mowing frequency, replacement turnaround — and reporting that tells the client what happened without them having to walk the site.
GNIX runs annual maintenance across corridor plantations, city-wide greenery, campuses and vertical gardens, including the annual maintenance of installed greenery across Prayagraj city under the Prayagraj Development Authority.
Specification notes
| Lawn mowing | Weekly to fortnightly in growing season; 3-weekly in winter |
|---|---|
| Hedge clipping | 4–6 cycles a year for duranta; 3–4 for ficus panda |
| Median shrub pruning | Two hard cuts a year minimum to hold sight-line height |
| Irrigation servicing | Monthly checks, quarterly deep servicing, pre-summer full inspection |
| Replacement turnaround | Defined in contract — typically 15–30 days from identification |
| Reporting | Visit log plus quarterly condition report with photographs |
What you get
- Green assets that hold their designed appearance year after year
- Irrigation faults found by schedule rather than by dead plants
- Predictable annual cost instead of periodic replanting projects
- Documentation for facility management, audits and ESG reporting
Scope
What the service covers
Irrigation servicing
Emitter flushing, filter cleaning, leak repair, controller scheduling and seasonal adjustment of run times.
Plant health management
Scheduled inspection, nutrition programme, and integrated pest management rather than reactive spraying.
Replacement and gap-filling
Defined turnaround for replacing failed plants, with species matched to the original specification.
Seasonal planting cycles
Annual colour changes, post-monsoon replanting and pre-event preparation where the site requires it.
Reporting
Visit logs, photographic records, plant health notes and a periodic condition report against agreed KPIs.
Method
How the work runs
- 1. Condition auditBaseline survey of plants, irrigation and soil, with a list of what must be fixed before routine maintenance can succeed.
- 2. Calendar and KPIsSeason-wise task calendar and measurable standards written into the contract.
- 3. DeploymentTrained crews with defined supervision ratios, tools and PPE appropriate to the site.
- 4. Cycle deliveryFixed-frequency visits, with monsoon and summer intensities differing rather than a flat schedule.
- 5. ReviewQuarterly review against KPIs, with corrective actions and any specification changes agreed in writing.
Plant library
Species we commonly specify for this work
Each entry carries mature size, spacing, water demand, planting window and the maintenance cycle it commits you to.
Golden Duranta
Duranta erecta "Golden Edge"
The bright chartreuse hedge that gives Indian landscapes their colour block — fast, cheap, endlessly clippable and visible from a distance without any flowers at all.
- Height0.3–2 m as clipped; 3 m unpruned
- WaterModerate
- MaintenanceHigh — this is a clipping-dependent plant
Selection-1 Bermuda Grass
Cynodon dactylon "Selection No. 1"
India’s standard hard-wearing lawn grass: fast to establish, cheap to lay, recovers from footfall, and the only sensible choice where people actually walk on the lawn.
- HeightMown at 25–40 mm
- WaterModerate
- MaintenanceHigh — mowing every 7–10 days in growing season
Oleander (Kaner)
Nerium oleander
The standard Indian median shrub: continuous flowering, near-total drought tolerance, immunity to vehicle pollution — and toxic in every part, which decides where it can go.
- Height2–4 m unpruned; held at 1–1.2 m on medians
- WaterLow
- MaintenanceLow
Ficus Panda
Ficus microcarpa "Panda"
The glossy dark-green workhorse of Indian formal hedging and topiary — dense, shade-tolerant, indestructible, with a root system that needs watching near structures.
- Height0.5–3 m as maintained
- WaterModerate
- MaintenanceModerate
Ixora
Ixora coccinea
The dense, compact, glossy-leaved flowering shrub used for formal massing at entrances and along walkways — dependable in the south and east, fussier about winter in the north.
- Height0.6–2 m depending on cultivar
- WaterModerate
- MaintenanceModerate
Evidence
Projects using this capability
CompletedExpressway
Delhi–Meerut Expressway
Avenue and median plantation with maintenance on one of the most heavily used access-controlled corridors in the National Capital Region.
- ClientNational Highways Authority of India
- LocationDelhi NCR to Meerut
- ScopeCorridor plantation and maintenance
CompletedExpressway
Eastern Peripheral Expressway
Structured plantation and sustained maintenance on a major NCR bypass corridor built to divert heavy vehicle traffic around Delhi.
- ClientNational Highways Authority of India
- LocationNCR ring corridor
- ScopeCorridor plantation and maintenance
CompletedVertical garden
Jalandhar flyover vertical gardens
Modular green walls installed and maintained across three flyovers, turning grey infrastructure surfaces into continuous planted facades.
- ClientJalandhar Smart City
- LocationJalandhar
- ScopeDevelopment and maintenance of 24,000 sq ft vertical garden
Frequently asked questions
What should a landscape AMC include?
A written seasonal calendar, defined standards for each element, irrigation servicing, plant health management, a replacement turnaround commitment and periodic reporting. A contract priced only as "manpower per month" measures nothing.
How often should medians be maintained?
Shrub masses need at least two hard cuts a year to stay under sight-line height, with additional trims on urban corridors. Hedges need four to six clips. Anything less and the corridor looks neglected for most of the year.
Can you take over maintenance of a landscape built by another contractor?
Yes, and it is common. We start with a condition audit, because inherited sites usually have irrigation faults and species mismatches that maintenance alone cannot compensate for.
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Services usually taken alongside this one
Core service
Landscape Execution and Plantation
Full softscape execution for campuses, townships, industrial sites and public realm — from soil and levels through planting, lawns and irrigation to a working maintenance handover.
Service detailCorridor execution
Highway and Expressway Plantation
Avenue, median, embankment and interchange planting for expressway and highway packages — designed for survival at handover, not just for the drawing.
Service detailSpecialist system
Vertical Gardens and Green Walls
Modular green walls on live infrastructure and building facades — engineered for structural load, irrigation redundancy and the maintenance access that keeps them alive after year one.
Service detailPlanning a plantation, landscape or green wall package?
Send the site details, the drawings if you have them, and the maintenance budget you expect. You will get an honest read on species, timing and what the site can actually sustain.