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A garden city, and your kitchen garden belongs in it.

Chandigarh was planned around gardens; most homes have a lawn or kitchen-garden patch. The culture is already here. What’s missing is a specialist seed-and-teaching source. That’s where we come in.

What grows well in Chandigarh

TomatoesPeasCauliflowerCabbageCarrotRadishSpinachMethiCoriander

Seasons

Winter (Oct–Mar)

The best window: same easy season as the Konkan winter.

Summer

Heat-hardy varieties and water-wise techniques.

Growing in Chandigarh, season by season

  • Most homes have a lawn or kitchen-garden patch, so ground growing is realistic here
  • Winter (Oct–Mar) is the easy, productive window, so plant generously
  • Protect tender seedlings from frost; summers need heat-hardy varieties and mulch

The Chandigarh planting calendar

Tell us your space and the month, and the interactive calendar tells you exactly what to plant in Chandigarh now, what to harvest and what to skip.

Use the Chandigarh planting calendar →
Get seeds & kits for Chandigarh at Green Essentials →