What Green Savers does

Green Savers is a nonprofit environmental association established in 2010 by Ahsan Rony in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with a mission to expand urban greening across the city. Its core offerings combine tree-planting programs (sponsorship at BDT 300 per tree covering survey, planting, and monitoring), professional garden maintenance and landscaping, hydroponics installation, and a mobile Tree Hospital staffed by certified Plant Doctors who provide on-site diagnostic and advisory services. The organization also operates the Plant's Doctor mobile app (5,000+ installs) for free gardening advice and publishes a 37-episode gardening course on Desh TV. Its principal platforms are programmatic: Tree Guardianship for individuals, Oxygen Banks and Green Clubs in schools (180 and 130 respectively), the Treelionaire citizen-led initiative (27 hubs across South Asia), and Urban Lab Gardens for hands-on environmental education.

Customer segments span individual homeowners (5,000+ served), schools (200+ engaged), corporate CSR clients (Epyllion, IDLC, Rajshahi Kings), youth programs (over 20,000 students through Sailor-Green Savers Plant for Planet), and government partners (DNCC for the Urban Tree Museum and Tree Service Center, Department of Environment for noise pollution workshops). The 2025 MoU with DNCC and Delta.com Limited to establish Bangladesh's first Urban Tree Museum in RAJUK Uttara Extension Phase-3, alongside the July 2025 launch of the Tree Hospital One-Stop Rooftop Garden Support Center, reposition Green Savers from a community NGO to a quasi-municipal service provider with infrastructure-backed programs.

The business model is hybrid: donation-funded tree sponsorship, professional services revenue from garden maintenance and landscaping, CSR partnership fees from corporations, and an emerging professional services line via Tree Hospital advisory. The organization has been recognized with the National Environment Award 2023 (presented by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina) and the Joy Bangla Youth Award 2015, and is a member of the WEF Global Shapers Dhaka Hub. No institutional equity funding, acquisitions, or revenue disclosures are documented in available sources.

Name

Green Savers

Legal name

Green Savers Association

Website

https://thegreensavers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Green Savers is a Dhaka-based nonprofit environmental association founded in 2010 that promotes urban greening through rooftop gardens, tree sponsorship, Tree Hospital plant healthcare, and school environmental programs across Bangladesh. It serves individual homeowners, schools, corporate CSR clients, and government partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental & Urban Greening Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (11531), Landscaping Services (56173), Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219)

SIC

Forestry (800), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban & Community Reforestation / Street Tree Planting (AFAMACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tree Planting & Establishment Services (Manual/Mechanized) (AFAMACAE), Tree Care & Arborist Services (BPABADAD), Forestry & Reforestation (BPAGAGAD)

Keywords

• Urban greening services
• Rooftop gardening
• Tree planting programs
• Corporate environmental CSR
• Plant healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Dhaka

HQ country

Bangladesh

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tree Sponsorship Program: Individual donors sponsor trees at BDT 300 per tree. The organization collects sponsorship, conducts tree surveys, prepares sites, transports and plants trees, and provides ongoing monitoring and maintenance.
2. Corporate CSR Programs: Businesses engage Green Savers for Corporate Social Responsibility programs that help the environment, including tree planting, rooftop garden installation, and environmental education initiatives.
3. Garden Services and Maintenance: Commercial services including garden maintenance, landscaping, hydroponics installation, and ongoing plant care for residential and commercial clients.
4. Garden Maintenance: Ongoing maintenance services for established gardens.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Green Savers delivers urban greening services in Dhaka, Bangladesh, including rooftop garden design, landscaping, hydroponics installation, and ongoing garden maintenance for residential and commercial clients. The organization also runs tree planting sponsorship, a mobile Tree Hospital staffed by certified Plant Doctors, corporate CSR environmental programs, and school-based environmental education initiatives such as Oxygen Banks, Green Clubs, and the Urban Garden Academy.

Product overview

Green Savers is a nonprofit environmental organization based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2010, offering a comprehensive portfolio of urban greening services, products, and educational programs. The core offerings include professional garden maintenance, landscaping, and hydroponics services for residential and commercial clients. The organization's flagship programs include the Tree Hospital (mobile tree treatment service), Tree Guardianship/Sponsor a Tree (tree planting sponsorship), Urban Garden Academy (education), Oxygen Bank (school-based program), and the Treelionare initiative. Key projects include the Sailor-Green Savers Plant for Planet school garden program, Urban Lab Garden, Tree Wedding, and A Six, A Tree campaigns. Green Savers also provides corporate CSR services, a Plant's Doctor mobile app, and a 37-episode free gardening course. Recent initiatives include the Urban Tree Museum and Tree Service and Roof Garden Support Centre launched in partnership with DNCC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Garden Maintenance Professional recurring garden maintenance service for residential and commercial properties in Dhaka, covering plant care, pruning, and upkeep of established gardens.
• Landscaping Landscape design and installation service for urban spaces, including rooftop and vertical gardens for homes, offices, and commercial properties.
• Hydroponics Installation Design, supply, and installation of hydroponic gardening systems that enable soilless plant cultivation in urban environments.
• Desk Plant Supply of indoor and desk plants for office and home environments to bring greenery into interior spaces.
• Tree Hospital Mobile plant healthcare service in which certified Tree Doctors travel around Dhaka to diagnose, treat, and nurture urban trees and plants, including soil testing, pest identification, and treatment solutions.
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Services End-to-end CSR program delivery for businesses, including tree planting campaigns, rooftop garden installation, and environmental education initiatives that help companies demonstrate environmental commitment.
• Tree Guardianship / Sponsor a Tree Sponsorship program priced at BDT 300 per tree, under which Green Savers handles the full tree-planting lifecycle including site survey, site preparation, transportation, planting, and ongoing monitoring and maintenance.
• Plant's Doctor Mobile App Mobile application available on Google Play providing free advice to anyone facing problems with plants in their garden, installed over 5,000 times.
• Urban Garden Academy Educational program that teaches urban gardening techniques and environmental awareness to citizens and students.
• Tree Service and Roof Garden Support Centre One-stop rooftop garden and tree care support center launched with DNCC, offering expert diagnostic and advisory services including tree hospital, plant pharmacy, soil testing laboratory, pest identification, and on-site inspection with tax rebate verification.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500,000 trees planted over 14 years across 22 districts
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• DNCC (Dhaka North City Corporation)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2025MoU signed for establishing country's first Urban Tree Museum and Tree Service and Roof Garden Support Centre. DNCC provides infrastructure (water, power, site identification, nursery spaces) while Green Savers provides technical expertise, plant care services, and environmental education.
• Delta.com LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2025Partner in Urban Tree Museum initiative alongside DNCC, contributing to implementation and maintenance of the first-of-its-kind tree museum in Bangladesh.
• Epyllion (Sailor brand)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerJoint 'Sailor-Green Savers Plant for Planet' program teaches students to plant and nurture gardens in schools. Initiative involves recycling old plastic drums and teaching environmental awareness. 42+ workshops conducted, over 20,000 students participated, 2,500+ plants planted.
• IDLCcoreGTM or Marketing Partner'Greener Tomorrow' collaboration planted over 2,000 saplings in schools. Green Savers provided technical guidance for tree planting workshops and Green Lab Gardens in schools including Habigonj School and College and Mymensing Mukul Niketan School.
• World Economic Forum - Global ShaperscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTreelionaire citizen-led tree-planting drive mobilized 27 hubs across South Asia to plant more than 10,000 trees. Students plant eight trees per person to refuel yearly oxygen consumption. WEF affiliation provides credibility and network expansion.
• Rajshahi KingsminorGTM or Marketing Partner'A Six, A Tree' campaign encourages cricket fans to plant a tree for every six hit by Rajshahi Kings in matches. Campaign inaugurated November 2017 with media coverage by Somoy TV and Jamuna TV.
• Save the Children BangladeshminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Climate Strike in front of Parliament House. Over 6,000 children joined the climate action event. Also partnered with AVAAZ for global climate awareness.
• Department of Environment (Bangladesh)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint workshops on single-use plastic and noise pollution awareness. Green Savers conducted workshops at schools under the 'Integrated and Partnership-based Project for Noise Pollution Control'.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trees Atlanta: Atlanta's urban forestry nonprofit planting and preserving trees across the metro area. Comparable on municipal-level urban greening programs, tree-care services, and long-running institutional partnerships.
• Friends of the Urban Forest: San Francisco-based nonprofit focused on urban tree planting, stewardship, and community education. Direct analog to Green Savers' urban-rooftop focus, citizen-sponsor tree planting model, and eco-education programs.
• SayTrees: Indian urban and rural greening nonprofit with strong CSR partnerships and large-scale tree planting across South Asia. Closest regional peer in operating context, geography, and partnership model.
• Plant-for-the-Planet: Global youth-led reforestation initiative engaging millions of students in tree planting and climate education. Closely mirrors Green Savers' Plant for Planet program and school-based Oxygen Bank approach with an international footprint.
• Trees for the Future: US-based nonprofit focused on tree planting and agroforestry in developing countries. Comparable on large-scale community tree-planting execution, donor-funded model, and emphasis on long-term monitoring/maintenance of planted trees.
• Eden Reforestation Projects: Global reforestation NGO employing community-based planting at high scale. Strong match on multinational tree-planting operations, partnership-led model, and education/community engagement focus.

Others

• The Nature Conservancy: One of the largest environmental NGOs globally. Relevant as an ecosystem/thematic neighbor and potential partner; not a direct competitor but adjacent in mission, donor base, and government engagement.

Emerging players

• Land Life Company: Tech-driven reforestation company using satellite monitoring and drone seeding. Adjacent on data-driven tree-planting services but with a more technology- and carbon-credit-oriented commercial model.
• Treedom: Tech-enabled tree sponsorship platform allowing individuals and businesses to sponsor trees remotely. Directly comparable to Green Savers' Tree Guardianship program but with stronger digital/mobile product layer and global presence.

Broad incumbents

• New York Restoration Project: Municipal-scale urban greening nonprofit behind MillionTreesNYC and citywide park stewardship. Relevant incumbent analog for what Green Savers could become with deeper city government partnerships and a museum-grade destination asset.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCqGzdqe4fisFni2WPtq1v3A
• Facebookfacebook.com/landscaping.greensavers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/green-saversorg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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