A story worth telling
Picture Meera. She's been with your company for seven years. Accounts. Quiet. Never misses a deadline. Every Diwali she gets a box of cashews and a branded diary. She says thank you. She means it. But she doesn't remember the box a week later.
This year, she gets something different. A certificate arrives on her screen. A Peepal tree has been planted in her name on a farm in Kheda, Gujarat. GPS: 22.7408°N, 72.6851°E. Her tree. Her coordinates. Her small piece of the earth.
On the 1st of November, she gets a photo. Her sapling, catching the first light of the season. She forwards it to her mother in Jaipur. Her mother calls, crying. "Someone planted a tree for you." In their culture, a tree is not a gift. A tree is a blessing.
Three years later, Meera brings her daughter to the farm on a Saturday morning. She points at the bark and says: "This is yours when you grow up."
That is what your company gave her. Not cashews.
Every occasion, one living gift
Not just Diwali. Every time.
The best companies recognise their people across the year, not just at festival season. A tree works for every occasion.
The festival of light, met with a gift of life.
One tree for every year they showed up.
Their first day, and their first tree.
Recognition that lasts longer than a plaque.
A living celebration of new beginnings.
The gift that grows while they rest.
What each employee receives
More than a gift. A story.
A real native sapling — Neem, Mango, Peepal, Banyan — is planted on our Kheda farm with your employee's name attached to it. Not a pledge. Not a credit. A sapling pressing into Gujarat soil.
Their name, your company's name, GPS coordinates, the species — on a printable certificate they'll still have in 20 years. Most employees put it on their wall. Some send it to their parents.
On the 1st of every month, they receive a photo of their tree from our farm team. First season. First monsoon. First real leaves. They watch something grow — because of their work.
The farm is open every Saturday. An employee can bring their family, walk to their tree's row, and touch the bark. We'll have chai waiting. That visit never leaves memory.
The business case
Good for the planet. Good for your people.
The smartest HR leaders in India are replacing transactional gifts with meaningful ones. Here's why tree gifting works on every level.
Dry fruit boxes are forgotten by January. A tree with their name — that they can visit, photograph, and show their children — is remembered for life. That's the difference between a transaction and a relationship.
ESG reports get longer. Sustainability pledges multiply. But employees can tell the difference between a number in a PDF and a tree they walked to on a Saturday morning. One of these creates belief.
The best gift a company can give an employee isn't money or gadgets. It's proof of recognition. A tree in their name — something alive, permanent, and growing — says "what you do here matters." That's retention you can't buy on a salary spreadsheet.
Every certificate carries your company's name alongside a living tree. When that employee shares it — with their family, on LinkedIn, on a Saturday farm visit — your brand is attached to the most honest environmental act a company can take.
The uncomfortable truth
India is losing 14 million trees every year.
Ahmedabad hit 47°C last summer. Groundwater is depleting. The koel that used to announce monsoon from the neighbourhood neem — that neem is gone. These aren't statistics. These are the sounds and smells of a childhood being erased from the next generation.
Your company will spend money on Diwali gifts regardless. The only question is whether that spend leaves behind something that matters — or something that ends up in a bin.
Let's talk →Pricing
One price. Everything included.
No tiers, no fine print. Every employee gets the same living gift.
Easier than ordering a gift hamper
Three steps. Done.
Everything happens directly on our website — no calls, no spreadsheets, no procurement forms. Gift trees to your whole team in under 10 minutes.
Visit vanamitra.in/plant. Choose the occasion — Diwali, work anniversary, whatever fits — and select "gifting to multiple people." Add your colleagues' names and emails right there on the page. Up to 10 at a time.
Choose a native species — Neem, Peepal, Mango, Banyan — one for the whole group or different for each. Pay online in one go. ₹500 per tree, one transaction, done.
Each person receives their personalised certificate directly — by email or a shareable link you can post on your company WhatsApp group. They watch their tree grow from that day.
Need to gift more than 10 at once? Use the enquiry form below.
Get in touch
Let's plant a tree for every person on your team.
Tell us the occasion, number of employees, and timeline. We'll come back within one business day with a personalised proposal. Most corporate orders are fulfilled within 5–10 working days.
"The best companies don't just pay their people. They tell them — through every small act — that their work means something. A tree is the most honest way to say it."
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