Animated from our own aerial photo · Thailand

Permaculture agarwood · Thailand

Grown with care.

What we do

We grow the trees that make agarwood.

Agarwood is the dark, fragrant, resin-filled wood at the heart of the Aquilaria tree. At our main plantation, specialists inoculate the trees, a treatment that starts the resin, and over years the pale wood turns dark. Distilled, agarwood becomes oud oil, a prized material in perfumery.

Our aim is to grow high-quality, sustainable agarwood using permaculture principles, and to build a reliable supply chain from seedling to finished product while giving back to the local community.

1999Year our CEO, Samuel Peebles, began living in Thailand

20+ yrsNadeem Khan, co-founder, in agarwood

21 raiMain plantation in Chon Buri, about 3.4 hectares

3–4 yrsApproximate age of the trees at our main plantation

The plantation

From bare ground to young forest.

Land prepared by hand, seedlings raised in our own nursery, and rows of Aquilaria growing alongside the plants that keep the soil alive.

Rows of young Aquilaria trees with a drip irrigation line — Young Aquilaria rows

A young sapling planted in freshly turned soil — A new sapling

Seedlings growing under a shade net in the nursery — Our nursery

Young agarwood trees growing among grasses — Young grove

Workers unloading potted saplings from a truck on planting day — Planting day

Slender tree trunks rising through leafy green undergrowth — Slender trunks, green undergrowth

Rows of young trees planted across a gentle slope — Rows across the slope

Nursery staff moving trays of seedlings — Nursery team at work

A healthy Aquilaria sapling among grasses — Growing in a living system

Trays of seedlings loaded on a truck for delivery — Seedlings on their way

Rows of slender trees held by bamboo stakes, with grass growing between the rows — Staked rows of trees

A field cleared and prepared for planting — Land prepared for planting

Slender pale trunks among ferns and fallen leaves in dappled light — Dappled light

Team members inspecting trees on the plantation — On site

A water channel and pond on the plantation — Water held on the land

Young trees in rows under a wide sky — Rows under open sky

Young trees spaced across open ground — Room to grow

All photographs on this site are of our own plantations and nursery.

The lifecycle

One line, from nursery to oil.

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Nursery

Seedlings are raised in our own nursery, under shade netting, until they are strong enough for the field.

Young agarwood trees growing among grasses and cover crops

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In the field

Saplings are planted on land prepared by hand. They grow among cover crops, fed with compost, with no synthetic chemicals.

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Resin

Specialists inoculate the trees, a treatment that starts resin forming, timed to climate and environmental conditions. Over years, the resin darkens the pale wood at the tree's core into fragrant heartwood.

Slender trunks among ferns and fallen leaves

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Harvest

In agarwood production, trees are harvested once the dark, resin-rich wood has formed. That wood is then separated from the pale wood.

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Chips, oil and leaves

Resinous wood is graded and cut into chips for incense, or distilled into oud oil for fine fragrance and traditional perfume oils (attar). The leaves can be dried for tea.

How we grow

Permaculture, not monoculture.

On our plantations, Aquilaria grows among cover crops and soil-enriching plants, not in bare rows. We use no synthetic fertilisers or pesticides.

Prepared soil with young plants set out in rows

Soil, enriched naturally

Compost, green manures (plants grown to enrich the soil) and cover crops build soil structure and feed the microbes that keep the trees healthy.

Young trees growing among mixed vegetation

Natural pest balance

A biodiverse plantation, beneficial insects and plant-based repellents keep pests in check without synthetic chemicals.

Water, held on the land

Ponds hold water on the land. Drip lines, narrow pipes that release it slowly beside the trees, keep it where the trees need it, through dry months and wet.

The agarwood market

Why time is the ingredient.

Agarwood's character deepens as resin develops over years. It is used in four main forms: oud oil, chips, powder and leaves.

Resin development over time

Illustrative

1Years

0%Resin development

DevelopingIndicative grade

Relative value by grade

Illustrative

Superior100
Fine58
Commercial24
Developing8

Form	Typical use
Oud oil	Fine fragrance and traditional perfume oils (attar)
Chips	Incense, burned on charcoal
Powder	Incense sticks and cones
Leaves	Agarwood leaf tea

Charts are illustrative and show general market characteristics only. They are not data about Agarwood Eco Capital's plantations, and nothing on this website is an offer, a forecast or a promise of returns.

Location

Chon Buri, Thailand.

Our main plantation is in Chon Buri province, about an hour's drive from Bangkok. We also own a site in Prachinburi with hundreds of wild agarwood trees, and work with partners in Malaysia, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

Thailand — home to our plantations
About an hour's drive from Bangkok
Chon Buri — home of our main plantation

Chon Buri, Thailand.

Associates

Our associates.

Three names in artisanal oud and natural perfumery, working alongside us.

Recognition & membership

Three Ouddict gold award medals: Al Hashimi, Artisanal Vendor of the Year 2018, 2019 and 2020 — Al Hashimi — Artisanal Vendor of the Year, Gold Award 2018, 2019 and 2020 (Ouddict)

Community Enterprise of Agarwood Club of Thailand emblem — Member of the Community Enterprise of Agarwood Club of Thailand

Get in touch

Questions, or planning a visit?

Company and plantation facts are on our Investor relations page. For anything else, including a visit to the plantation, contact us.

Grown with care.

We grow the trees that make agarwood.

From bare ground to young forest.

One line, from nursery to oil.

Nursery

In the field

Resin

Harvest

Chips, oil and leaves

Permaculture, not monoculture.

Soil, enriched naturally

Natural pest balance

Water, held on the land

Why time is the ingredient.

Resin development over time

Relative value by grade

Chon Buri, Thailand.

Our associates.

Al Hashimi

Ghallia Aromatics

Ouddict

Recognition & membership

Questions, or planning a visit?