Step 1: Create Your Project
A Project is your physical growing space β garden, farm, greenhouse, or balcony.
- Name your growing space
- Set the surface area in mΒ²
- Add location details
You can create multiple projects for different locations!
Step 2: Create a Grow Page
A Grow Page is a garden plan within your project β one per season or crop rotation.
- Give it a descriptive name (e.g. "Spring 2025 Veggies")
- Link it to a project
- Set the area and location details
Step 3: Build Your Plant Collection
Your personal plant database β add new plants or browse the community library.
- Add new plants with growing info, edible uses, and care details
- Browse existing community plants and add to your collection
You need plants in your collection before adding them to a grow page.
Step 4: Plan Your Garden Layout
Drag plants from your collection onto the visual canvas to design your garden.
- Drag & drop plants onto the canvas
- Set quantities for each plant
- Arrange considering spacing and companions
Step 5: Create Plant Guilds
Guilds are groups of plants that support each other β companion planting made easy.
- Companion planting β plants that help each other grow
- Natural pest control β some plants repel pests
- Soil improvement β nitrogen fixers feed neighbors
Classic guild: π½ Corn + π« Beans + π₯ Squash (Three Sisters)
Step 6: Skip Steps with Templates!
Templates are pre-designed garden plans. Import one to skip steps 3-5 instantly!
- Import community templates with plants, guilds & layouts
- Create your own template to reuse or share
- Customize any imported template to fit your needs
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Setup Complete!
You know the core workflow. The next 9 steps cover additional platform features β events, weather, blog, maps, badges, and more.
Step 7: Track Events & Milestones
Never miss a planting or harvest window. Get reminders for all your garden milestones.
- Cards, Calendar & Timeline views
- Email & push notifications with custom lead times
- Bulk edit alerts for multiple events at once
Step 8: Storage & Inventory
Track your seeds, tools, harvests, and items for sale or trade.
- Seed inventory β varieties, quantities, expiry
- Tools & equipment tracking
- For sale/trade β share with the community
Step 9: Weather Station
Real-time weather, air quality, and climate data for your exact location.
- Live conditions β temperature, humidity, pressure
- Air quality β PM2.5 & PM10 monitoring
- Frost dates & hardiness zones for planting windows
Step 10: Knowledge Hub
Write and read blog posts in 14 languages. Share tips, learn from the community.
- Write posts about your growing experiences
- Browse the community knowledge base
- 14 languages supported with filtering
Step 11: Growing Calendar
Schedule all gardening activities based on climate, frost dates, and plant needs.
- Planting & transplant schedules
- Harvest windows for each crop
- Succession planting for continuous harvests
Step 12: Interactive Maps
See all your projects on a map. Draw layouts on satellite imagery.
- Pin all your growing locations
- Draw garden beds and layouts
- Satellite, terrain & street map views
Step 13: Badges & Achievements
Unlock badges as you hit milestones β adding plants, writing posts, completing seasons.
- First Steps β creating projects, adding plants
- Plant Expert β diverse collections
- Knowledge Sharer β writing blog posts
- Master Grower β completing seasons
Step 14: Your Profile
Your public garden identity β customize it and share with the community.
- Cover photo & avatar
- Garden impact stats β plants, species, CO2
- Widgets β blogs, projects, templates, badges
- Theme, colors & vanity URL
Step 15: Your Dashboard
Your command center β projects overview, quick actions, activity feed, community.
- Project overview β all stats at a glance
- Quick actions β one-click create
- Activity feed β community updates
Look for the floating ? button on every page β it opens a quick guide and Interactive Tour for that specific page!
