Step 1: Create Your Project
A Project is your physical growing space β garden, farm, greenhouse, or balcony.
Name your growing spacesurface area in mΒ²location details
Step 2: Create a Grow Page
A Grow Page is a garden plan within your project β one per season or crop rotation.
descriptive name (e.g. "Spring 2025 Veggies")project 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 detailsBrowse existing community plants and add to your collection
Step 4: Plan Your Garden Layout
Drag plants from your collection onto the visual canvas to design your garden.
Drag & drop plants onto the canvasquantities for each plantArrange 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 growNatural pest control β some plants repel pestsSoil improvement β nitrogen fixers feed neighbors
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 & layoutsCreate your own template to reuse or shareCustomize 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.
I'm good for now β finish tour
Step 7: Track Events & Milestones
Never miss a planting or harvest window. Get reminders for all your garden milestones.
Cards, Calendar & Timeline viewsEmail & push notifications with custom lead timesBulk 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, expiryTools & equipment trackingFor 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, pressureAir quality β PM2.5 & PM10 monitoringFrost 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 experiencesBrowse the community knowledge base14 languages supported with filtering
Step 11: Growing Calendar
Schedule all gardening activities based on climate, frost dates, and plant needs .
Planting & transplant schedulesHarvest windows for each cropSuccession planting for continuous harvests
Step 12: Interactive Maps
See all your projects on a map . Draw layouts on satellite imagery.
Pin all your growing locationsDraw garden beds and layoutsSatellite, 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 plantsPlant Expert β diverse collectionsKnowledge Sharer β writing blog postsMaster 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, CO2Widgets β blogs, projects, templates, badgesTheme, 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 glanceQuick actions β one-click createActivity feed β community updates
? button on every page β it opens a quick guide and Interactive Tour for that specific page!
