Cities we serve · Goa

Green Essentials at home in Goa.

Our store, our teaching garden, our weekly delivery routes, and our monthly workshops are all here. Yogita started Green Essentials in Socorro in 2009.

Visit the Socorro storeGoa workshops

Everything, basically.

  • The Socorro store

    STORE

    Open six days a week. Open-pollinated seeds, organic potting soil, compost, herbal pest sprays, tools, pots, seasonal seedlings. The teaching garden is right outside.

    Address: House No. 994, Ambirna Wado, Socorro, Bardez · Porvorim, Goa 403501.

    Find us 

  • Weekly delivery routes

    DELIVERY

    North Goa Tuesdays · Coastal Thursdays · South Goa Fridays. Flat ₹100 within Goa. Order via the shop or WhatsApp on +91 80870 00708.

    Delivery details 

  • Monthly workshops in Socorro

    WORKSHOPS

    Beginner and intermediate sessions every month at our teaching garden. Three-hour hands-on format. You leave with a plan and a seed starter kit.

    See workshop calendar 

  • Garden setup & coaching

    GARDEN DESIGN

    Site visits across Goa are free. We design the garden, plant it with you, and coach you through the first full season. Backyards, terraces, balconies, restaurants.

    Our design service 

Goa's gardening calendar is its own beast.

Three seasons (monsoon, winter, summer), heavy rain June–September, laterite soil, salty coastal air on the western edge. Most "north India" gardening blogs don't translate.

We've spent fifteen years figuring out what actually grows here, when. Our journal has Konkan-specific essays. Anyone Can Grow has the full free planting calendar.

Read the journal

What to plant when

A basic Goa planting chart

Three Konkan seasons. Rough guide — exact dates wobble a few weeks year to year. For the full free interactive calendar, head to Anyone Can Grow.

SeasonMonthsPlant these
MonsoonJun – SepOkra, amaranth (lal math), ridge gourd, snake gourd, brinjal, kang kong, kokum saplings, ginger.
WinterOct – FebTomato, lettuce, coriander, beans, capsicum, peas, radish, beetroot, carrot, fennel, palak.
SummerMar – MayOkra, cowpea, amaranth, chillies, brinjal, bottle gourd, cucumber. Mulch heavily.

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