What GardenAR does
- Plot dimension capture — AR plane detection on mobile, manual on web
- 21-plant catalog: tomato, pepper, lettuce, basil, carrot, onion, cucumber, zucchini, bean, kale, spinach, radish, strawberry, marigold, sunflower, zinnia, cosmos, nasturtium, calendula, snapdragon, black-eyed Susan
- Filter by type (fruits, vegetables, flowers) and sun aspect (full, partial)
- Auto-layout solver with pack-tight or spread-evenly modes
- Companion-planting suggestions and antagonist warnings
- USDA hardiness zone lookup by US ZIP code
- Spring and fall planting calendars with succession dates
- Live local weather and 7-day rain forecast
- Personalized watering recommendations
- Frost-night alerts with row-cover prompts
- Soil test entry and 10-10-10 fertilizer recommendations
- Fertilizer schedule with pre-plant amendments and side-dress tasks
- Season roadmap with tollgate checklist
- Photo journal per bed and per-plant profile photos
- Harvest log with expected vs. logged yield
- Profit potential estimator (seed cost vs. market value)
- Multi-bed support with named tabs (homestead, market garden, herb bed, etc.)
- Achievements with tiered progression and daily check-in streak
- Local farmers market vendor and host previews
- Research data export for USDA studies and county extension offices
- Metric or Imperial units
Who GardenAR is for
Beginning home gardeners planning their first raised bed. Experienced kitchen gardeners juggling succession planting, companion planting, and a USDA hardiness zone calendar. Homesteaders tracking yields across multiple beds. Market gardeners pricing produce for farmers markets, CSAs, restaurants, and florists. Anyone who has ever wanted to walk through their garden before any seed went in the ground.
Free, browser-based, installable
GardenAR runs in any modern browser. Install it as a progressive web app for offline-capable, home-screen access on iOS and Android. No account required.