5 Gardening & Sustainability Creators Helping India Build Greener Homes, Smarter Urban Spaces

Across India, gardening and sustainability creators are helping households, offices and communities adopt greener habits. Their content blends scientific knowledge, regional accessibility, DIY creativity and on-the-ground advocacy, making gardening and waste management easier for beginners and more meaningful for experienced users. This list brings together five widely followed voices whose content, services and civic efforts have shaped the way India practises urban gardening and low-waste living.

1. Dr Ekta Chaudhary — Garden Up

Dr Ekta Chaudhary, founder of Garden Up, transforms her MSc and PhD in Ecology into high-reach gardening education across YouTube, Instagram, workshops and retail offerings. She creates science-backed, easy-to-follow guidance for apartment and terrace gardeners, along with expertise in vertical gardens and corporate green-up projects. By bridging academic ecology with everyday urban gardening, she has helped thousands adopt sustainable plant practices. She is also the author of the Garden Up book and leads large-scale vertical garden and maintenance initiatives.

• Platforms: YouTube & Instagram, additionally, she also conducts weekly/monthly workshops.
• Unique: PhD background + bestseller author angle; scalable vertical-garden and plant-maintenance services.
• Projects: Many thousands of sq ft of vertical/green projects across corporate offices, restaurants and homes.
• Listed by KalakarHouse.com (2024–25) among India’s top gardening influencers, and frequently referenced in brand/influencer curation lists for her science-backed, design-led gardening approach.

Platforms:

• Instagram — 259K followers (@gardenup.in)
• YouTube — 209K subscribers (@EktaChaudhary1)

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2. Vani Murthy — @wormrani (Bengaluru)

Vani Murthy, known as @wormrani, has played a key role in popularising household composting, vermiculture and low-waste living. She actively promotes terrace gardening and waste-segregation practices through simple, authentic and practice-led content. Her work demonstrates how ordinary homemakers can drive meaningful environmental change, helping transform kitchen-waste composting into a mainstream urban habit.

• Handle: @wormrani (Instagram).
• Growth: Grew from ~2,000 followers to over 2 lakh followers after sharing the composting journey.
• Recognition: Featured by National Geographic India’s “One for Change” campaign.
• Civic role: Founding member of Solid Waste Management Roundtable (SWMRT).
• Media: Covered by India Today and The Indian Express for waste & composting work.

Platforms:

• Instagram — 360K followers (@wormrani)

3. Abhinav Yadav — CreateYourTaste 

Abhinav Yadav, known by his handle CreateYourTaste, blends DIY projects, home décor, sustainable living and urban gardening into a single cohesive style. His content sits at the intersection of home aesthetics and practical greenery, appealing to viewers who want beautiful spaces supported by easy, everyday gardening solutions. This crossover positioning gives him a strong appeal for lifestyle and sustainability-focused campaigns.

• Platforms: YouTube + Instagram (CreateYourTaste / @createyourtaste).
• Niche strength: High-performing DIY and terrace-garden shorts; strong engagement for creative, low-effort projects.
• Recognition: Listed in influencer-marketing databases (2025) as a top gardening/home-DIY influencer on YouTube with large subscriber numbers and viral content.

Platforms 

• Instagram — 2M followers (@createyourtaste)
• YouTube — 604K subscribers (CreateYourTaste – Abhinav)

4. Aditi Rai Dastidar — @plantaholic_journey / Garden On My Mind

Aditi Rai Dastidar creates accessible, practical gardening content across Instagram and YouTube, focusing on easy plant care, common gardening mistakes, low-maintenance setups and simple pest-control methods. Her videos are beginner-friendly yet informative, covering unique flowers, lesser-known plant varieties, and the stories and history behind them. Although still an emerging creator, she has built a steadily engaged community that values her clarity, sustainability focus and genuine love for plants.

Platforms:

• Instagram — 199K followers (@plantaholic_journey)
• YouTube — 8.51K subscribers (Garden On My Mind)

Unique: Simple, highly practical gardening guidance for beginners; focus on plant care fundamentals, unique varieties and sustainable choices.

Positioning: A budding but strongly promising voice in home gardening, appreciated for clear explanations and informative, everyday plant knowledge.

5. Manju Handa — Manju Handa Organic Gardening 

Manju Handa focuses on practical kitchen gardening and easy-to-maintain container and terrace gardening, offering organic and low-cost hacks that suit families and beginners alike. Her content makes home gardening accessible, affordable, and truly practical for everyday households across Hindi-speaking India.

• Platform: YouTube (Manju Handa Organic Gardening).
• Focus: Hindi-language tutorials targeted at first-time gardeners; wide-ranging plant coverage (vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers).
• Recognition: Widely featured among India’s notable home-gardening YouTube channels for her practical organic gardening content, with a strong subscriber base and videos that have reached over a million views on multiple topics.

Platforms:

• YouTube — 247K subscribers (Manju Handa Organic Gardening)