Pankaj Nursery

Down in Nilothi Nangloi, you will find Pankaj Nursery at H-21 Gf Kh. No. 16/6 in Uday Vihar. If you are looking for us, we are right near Manoj Shukeen Farm House, which is a big place most locals know. Working here means your clothes are never really clean. There is always mud on the floor and a bit of dirt under your fingernails from repotting the plants. We have rows of plastic pots and bags of soil stacked up near the entrance. The humidity can be quite high under the green netting we use for shade. Every morning starts with a long walk around with the hose to make sure everything is damp before the sun gets too hot. It is quiet out here compared to the center of Delhi, mostly just the sound of the birds or a tractor now and then. We grow a lot of different things, from small flowering plants to bigger shrubs that take two people to lift. The office is just a tiny shed where we keep the seeds and some tools. Sometimes neighbors stop by just to look around or ask for advice on why their plants are dying at home. We just tell them what we think based on what we’ve seen over the years. It’s a slow-paced job, but there is always something that needs to be trimmed or moved to a bigger pot.