§1What this business is
You lay coir netting, a non-woven coir felt layer and coir pith, plant grass slips on top and add coir pith organic manure (C-POM). In about a month the lawn is ready and can be rolled like a blanket and laid on any surface — golf and tennis courts, playgrounds, hotel gardens and building roofs.
Capacity: 50 sq m of lawn a day; 10,000 sq m a year at full capacity (200 working days). Sale price taken as ₹250 per sq m.
§2Is it right for you?
Who it is for
A nursery owner or landscaper who already sells to builders, hotels or institutions.
Who it is not for
Someone without a water source or without contacts among landscape buyers.
Advantages
- Small investment — under ₹9 lakh
- Natural substitute for synthetic turf
- Raw material cost is low (₹15 per sq m in the profile)
- Lawn is ready in about a month
Drawbacks
- Buyers are few and project-based — hotels, resorts, builders, sports grounds
- Needs steady water and open space to grow the lawn
- Live grass can dry out if orders are late
Skills you need
- Growing and caring for turf grass
- Working with coir felt and pith
- Selling to landscape contractors
- Laying lawns on site
Why difficulty 2/5: Simple process and low cost, but sales depend on landscape contacts.
§3Market
Who buys
- Golf, tennis, hockey and football grounds
- Hotels and tourist resorts
- Owners of multi-storey buildings (roof lawns)
How it sells
- Direct orders from builders and landscape contractors
- Nurseries and garden centres
Good to know
- The profile also names cycle paths and footpaths as uses.
§4Raw material & machinery
| Item | Qty | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Sprinkler | 8 | ₹50,000 |
| Well, pump set and overhead tank | 1 | ₹2,50,000 |
| Lawn mower | 6 | ₹45,000 |
From: PMEGP project profile — Coco Lawn Making Unit (prepared by Coir Board, Ministry of MSME) (2018)
- Coir nettingbase layer of the lawn
- Coir needled felt or coir fibrenon-woven layer that holds the grass roots
- Coir pithbed in which the grass grows
- Coir pith organic manure (C-POM) and grass slipsaverage raw material cost ₹15 per sq m
From: PMEGP project profile — Coco Lawn Making Unit (prepared by Coir Board, Ministry of MSME) (2018)
§5Licences & registration
- Udyam registration
- GST registration
- Local trade licence
§6Schemes & subsidies
- PMEGPCentralActive15–35% subsidy
- MudraCentralActiveLoan up to ₹20 lakh, no collateral
- CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore
PMEGP (this profile was made for it), MUDRA loans up to ₹20 lakh and CGTMSE cover for a collateral-free loan fit.
§7Money
How the investment is worked out: Coir Board profile: building ₹4.00 lakh + machinery and equipment ₹3.00 lakh + working capital ₹1.54 lakh = ₹8.54 lakh. Land leased or owned.
Working capital: Working capital ₹1.54 lakh, of which a bank loan of ₹1.46 lakh.
Prices from June 2018 — machinery costs will be higher now.
§8Export potential
Export council / board: Coir Board
- Live lawns are hard to export; the market is mostly local.
§9Risks — where people fail
- Irregular, project-based demand
- Water shortage in summer
- Grass disease or pest attack
- Supply of coir felt from coir belt states
§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan
A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.
- Days 1–30: Visit a working coco lawn making unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
- Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST registration), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
- Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.
§11Who to connect with
Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect
§12Watch
There is no episode on this business yet. Shows are coming soon on the Podcast page.
Want to start Coco Lawn Making?
DPR, loan file or registration — ask us on WhatsApp.
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Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.