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Grow together

Community

Workshops, seed swaps and school green clubs. Everything is free to attend and open to anyone who wants to grow something.

In person

Balcony Kitchen Garden Workshop

Saturday, 10:00–12:30 · Lodhi Garden, New Delhi · Free, 40 seats

A hands-on morning on soil mixes, pot choice and the five easiest crops for a city balcony. Bring a pot if you have one.

Register by email
In person

Seed Swap & Sapling Exchange

Sunday, 8:00–11:00 · Aundh Community Park, Pune · Bring 5 seeds

Bring five seeds or a cutting and go home with something new. Native and heirloom varieties especially welcome.

Register by email
Online

Composting at Home — Live Session

Friday, 18:30–19:30 · Online · Open, no limit

A soil scientist answers the questions everyone has: smell, flies, what not to put in, and how to know when it is ready.

Register by email
In person

School Green Club Leaders Meet

Saturday, 15:00–17:00 · Hyderabad · For teachers and student leads

For teachers and student leads running a green club — curriculum ideas, activity packs and a plant care rota that works.

Register by email

Community stories

Gardens started by neighbours

Grihvatika has inspired our neighbourhood to start a community garden. We now grow, share and learn together!

Ritu Sharma, New Delhi

My children water the tulsi every morning before school. The plant care cards made it their own little routine.

Anand Verma, Pune

Our terrace went from empty to twelve vegetable pots in one season. The kitchen gardening guide did it.

Fatima Sheikh, Hyderabad

How to join in

Turn up. There is no membership, no fee and no experience needed at any Grihvatika event — a good half of the people at any workshop have never grown anything. Register by email so we know how many seats and how much soil to bring, and come with a question rather than a notebook.

Start something where you live

Most of our neighbourhood gardens began with two households and a shared bag of compost. If you would like to start one, we can help with a seed and sapling kit, a planting-day plan, and a volunteer who has done it before to come for the first afternoon. Resident associations, schools, temples, clinics and offices have all done it — a strip of unused ground and four willing people is enough.

Volunteer with us

We need people who can lead a workshop, translate a guide into a regional language, photograph plants for the directory, or simply keep a WhatsApp group alive between events. A few hours a month makes a real difference. Write to us through the About Us page and say what you would enjoy doing.