Resources

I hv been a part of the Organic Terrace Gardening community for over 2 years and one  of the most common question that I come across is "Where do I get this item and that item". These are sources I have come across over a period of time and will help you find products/items to start off with a garden. 

DISCLAIMERS

• I DO NOT endorse these products or stores or parks nor do I vouch for them.
• Most of the websites have a "Contact Us" page with address and contact details. 
• Information changes quickly and I may have been wrong with some inputs, so would advise you to call them before hand instead of being disappointed later.
• The following listing is NOT in any particular order or favoritism.
• Please use your own judgement in buying/sharing/using the same. 

Quite a number of commercial online stores have come up in the recent past, practically selling anything and everything and some of them can be at quite unbelievable prices. I am personally not in favour of them, except maybe for branded tools / gloves etc. But for seeds and other core garden ingredients, I would anytime prefer buying them from a known source or an OTGian. Most of the OTGians mentioned below have their online stores and are more approachable than an online vendor. They deliver across Bangalore and some across India as well. 

1. Lalbagh – enter from the Double Road / KH Road side. After about 100 meters on the left side is the nursery. Timings are approx 10AM to 5PM.

• Seeds, Cocopeat, Manure, Saplings, Tools.

2. GKVK : This part of University of Agricultural Sciences, Hebbal.

• Vegetable/herb saplings.

3. Department of Horticulture. On Banerghatta Road, next to Meenakshi Temple and Coir Board. Bang opposite Meenakshi Mall.

• Seeds, vegetable/herb/fruting/flowering saplings. vermi compost, bio mix, bio-manure additives

4. Nitya Jaivika, OTGian Anu Radha.

• Cocopeat, VC, PG, Jeevamrut, seeds, saplings, planters. neem/honge/castor cake/powder. Stall @ OFYT.

5. GreenMyLife, OTGian Gitanjali

• Seeds, cocopeat, PG, tools, planters, landscaping, gardening services. Stall @  OFYT.

6. Nimai Garden, OTGian Vishwanath Yadav – He has a farm near Electronic city and stays in HSR. Good quality seeds. Stall @ OFYT.

• Seeds, saplings, VC, PG.

7. Organic Garten, OTGian Badri. Rajarajeshwari Nagar. Good quality seeds. Setups a stall during OFYT events.

• Seeds, saplings. Conducts OTG training sessions quite often. Stall @ OFYT.

8. Garden Guru, OTGian Geekgardener Gardener, Vijaya Bank Layout, behind IIMB, off Banerghatta Road.

• Seeds, Cocopeat,  Manure, Saplings, Tools, Hydroponics setup,  grow bags.

9. Association of People with Disabilities (APD).

• Herbs/flowering/fruiting saplings, VC, potting mix, red soil mixed with dried cow dung.

10. Indo American

• Seeds

11. Varsha Enterprises, Jayanagar 7th Block

• Cocopeat, Seeds, Tools, grow bags.

12. Purna Organics

• Seeds / Tools

13. Red Sanders - Arun. 26610528 / 94480 62909

• Cocopeat.

14. MM Floritech – Varthur. Excellent for ornamental. Since its quite far from the city, visit them if you plan to do bulk purchases.

• Seeds / Ornamental Saplings / Tools

15. Swami Nursery, Hosur

• Fruiting saplings

16. Teja Nursery

• Fruiting saplings, decorative plants.

17. Nurseries in Siddapura. One of the Lalbagh gates is called Lalbagh-Siddapura Gate. This gate is relatively very small compared to the double Road /KH Road gate. On the opposite side of this road, there are several nurseries, selling pots/planters, sapling.

18. Minerva Naturals. Quite a good one-stop-shop.
19. Kora3b leaf compost @ kora3bcompost.strikingly.com. Details in the website.
20. My3Leaves : OTGian Sumathy Sreekumar. FB Page ... https://www.facebook.com/pages/My3leaves/837961542917865

21. Swamy Nursery : http://www.swamynursery.in

22. https://www.facebook.com/Seed2harvest.in

23. http://www.bioorgo.in/page/Home.html

24. Garden Elves store for gardening accessories like trellis and containers, by OTGian Bharath Rajashekar.

25. https://www.facebook.com/enquiry.greenorganicstore.blr

26. Quantum Leaf : OTGian Krishna Kumar. seeds, drip containers, accessories, potting mixes.

Online stores

1. http://trustbasket.com/

Last but not the least, soil ! I have not come across any store selling soil yet ! So you will have to scout around your locality for the friend neighborhood nursery-wala. On an average a cement bag full costs about Rs. 50 (based on your negotiation skills !). Not sure how much it would weigh, but it can get very heavy.