Urban Arva Home gardening · Chennai

Share your harvest

A good season shouldn't end in the bin.

One mango tree in a good year gives more than any family can eat, give away or make pickle from. Same with a drumstick tree, a row of keerai that all came at once, or a coconut palm nobody has climbed.

A woman holding a basket of just-picked tomatoes, beans and brinjal on her terrace at golden hour.

What we're actually building

A local network for home-grown harvests, put together one neighbourhood at a time. Not a guaranteed buyer, and not yet a shop.

Your family comes first

Keep whatever your kitchen uses. Surplus means what's left after that, not instead of it.

Seasonal is fine

One mango season a year is a perfectly good reason to be on the list. Nothing here expects a weekly supply.

We can't promise to take it all

What works depends on the crop, the quantity, your area and who nearby wants it. We'd rather say that now than let you down in May.

Nothing is fixed yet

No rates are set and we won't invent one to make this page look better. Anything discussed will be agreed with you before it moves.

Seasons

Every season brings something different.

A home garden is not a supermarket shelf, and we'd rather not pretend otherwise. These are examples of what gardens around Chennai produce through the year — your own timing will be its own thing.

Mango Drumstick Coconut Greens Lemon Guava Banana Papaya Curry leaf Chilli Tomato Brinjal

Tell us what's growing

Even if it's months away. Knowing what's coming in which area is exactly how this gets built.

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