Candles or plants as a corporate gift for employees? Choose by where the gift will live and who will look after itCandles or plants as a corporate gift for employees? Choose by where the gift will live and who will look after it

Plant or candle: pick by where the gift will live

The honest answer is that both are good employee gifts, for different situations. A plant wins when the gift will sit on a desk or a balcony with daylight, when your team cares about green gifts, and when someone will water it. A handmade candle wins when the gift is going to many home addresses, when it is for a festival, and when you cannot be sure anyone has time or light for a living thing.

One question settles most cases: who will look after it? If the answer is unclear, a gift that needs no care is the kinder choice.

What a plant gift gets right

• It can last for years. A hardy desk plant, looked after, outlives almost any other office gift.
• It grows with the job. Given in a joining kit, it is a nice way to mark time at the company.
• It suits a sustainability message. For an Earth Day or World Environment Day gift, a plant says the thing directly.
• It brightens the office. If everyone keeps theirs at work, the floor looks greener for it.

Plants also have real limits. They need light and water, and a gift left on a desk over a long holiday can die. Shipping live plants to many home addresses across India, through heat and monsoon, is harder than shipping a boxed object. Some people simply do not want to be responsible for one.

What a handmade candle gets right

• No care at all. It sits on a shelf until someone wants to light it.
• It travels. A boxed candle goes to a flat in Pune or a family home in Ludhiana as easily as to the office.
• It fits the festival. Wax diyas for Diwali, a shankh for the mandir, a teddy for a joining kit.
• Unlit, it is still decor. Our shaped pieces look finished on a shelf without a flame.

The limits are just as real. A candle is used up as it burns, so it does not last like a well-kept plant. It is the wrong gift for an office that bans open flames unless people take it home or keep it unlit. And if your team wants fragrance, note that only one of our candles, Vanilla Reverie, is scented.

Plant and candle, point by point

Occasions that favour each

Candles we would suggest, and how to order

Shop prices today, per piece. Your quote confirms the final price per gift with branding and delivery.

• Shankh Candle, Rs 799: a shankh-shaped vessel with pink wax lotus blooms, a keepsake for an anniversary.
• Diya Candles, Rs 449: six wax diyas for a Diwali gift under Rs 500.
• Matki Candles, Rs 599: four hand-painted pots, cheerful on a windowsill.
• Spiral Pillar Candles, Rs 179 each: a small desk token.
• Vanilla Reverie, Rs 549: our one scented candle, in an amber jar with a lid.

All are hand-poured in pure soy wax in Jalandhar. We make no other eco claim than that.

Corporate orders start at 10 gifts, with no minimum order value. Your logo goes on the gift tag, the note card or a wax seal, and the timeline is confirmed in the quote. You get a GST invoice in your company's name and delivery across India, to one office or to every address on a list. Orders are prepaid; there is no cash on delivery. Branded gifts cannot be returned unless damaged, defective or wrong.

If you choose plants, a nursery or plant gifting service is the right supplier: we do not sell plants. If you choose candles, our terms are on one page: Raajkosh corporate gifting: minimum order, logo, GST and delivery. Ask for a quote at raajkosh.com/corporate or WhatsApp +91 85958 24586.