Is this company the solution to all your gardening woes?

Pine.pk, a plants and gardening company, emerged first at the Young Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition 2016.

The competition was held on Thursday at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Hamza Shahbaz Sharif was the chief guest at the occasion.



Speaking to The Express Tribune, Pine.pk founder Waqar Ahmed shared the story of the company's inception. Ahmed got a small table plant as a gift while studying in the United States as an exchange student. After returning to Pakistan, he wanted to place a plant in his LUMS dorm but failed to find a single online platform that delivered one.

Pine.pk offer a complete gardening solution  PHOTO: PINE.PK

Later, he started visiting nurseries for his "pet plant” only to realise that finding a good nursery was a formidable task. He also found that one could virtually not find a variety of quality plants at just one place.

“We are a complete gardening solution, it is also about the expertise that would help the casual gardener get up and running in no time,” Ahmed said. Its products include imported plants such a dwarf variety of the Table Palm, Avocado, Araucaria, Rose Apple and Aglaonema among others.



The Table Palm dwarf costs Rs525  PHOTO: PINE.PK

 

The Avocado plant costs Rs1,499   PHOTO: PINE.PK

They also offer different varieties of pots ranging from Rs50 to Rs150.

The White Swan costs Rs120 PHOTO: PINE.PK

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Incubated at the LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship in April, 2016, Pine.pk operates currently in Lahore and plans to expand to Islamabad and Faisalabad.