If you’re a gardening newbie, we get it. The whole thing can be a bit intimidating if you don’t have a green thumb. Luckily, there are loads of apps that can help you keep track of your garden and even teach you how to garden if you’re completely new to the whole thing.
Read on and learn more about our top picks for the best apps to keep your garden in tip-top shape.
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Best Apps For Gardening
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Garden Answers
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GARDEN ANSWERS
Don’t know what that tree in your back yard is? Want to identify a flower you love in your neighbor’s yard? Download and open this free app, and snap a pic with your smartphone. The app will compare your photo to those in a database to identify the plant in question and share basic care tips. You can also ask horticulturalists specific questions about pests and diseases for a small fee.
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Garden Journal at Territorial Seed
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TERRITORIAL SEED GARDEN JOURNAL
The best way to learn about gardening is through experience. Use this free app to track what you’ve planted and when, as well as how often you’ve watered, fertilized, and harvested. There’s also a disease and pest database to help you better identify issues. The system also uses climate data to send specific planting advice for your area. Or upgrade for an annual fee to the Garden Planner, which allows you to draw vegetable garden plans of any size, receive email planting reminders, and interact with other gardeners.
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Garden Manager
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GARDEN MANAGER
This brand-new app is all about helping you get more from your edible garden. This virtual gardening coach takes you from planting to harvest by leading you through a series of questions. It has three levels of subscription services to guide you through the season and sends reminders about what to do and when. It’s also tied into weather stations, so it can alert you when to cover tender plants if a frost is on the way.
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GrowIt!
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GROWIT!
If you’re someone who prefers to interact with other plant lovers for your information, this free mobile app is for you. You can upload your own images and have community members identify plants and troubleshoot problems, ask questions about garden design, or find a local botanical garden or nursery near you. Bonus: Periodic plant giveaways make it even sweeter!
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iNaturalist
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INATURALIST
If you’ve ever seen a weird bug in your garden or wondered what kind of bird comes to sing to you every morning, you need this free app! While it’s not designed specifically for gardening, there’s a ton of information that’s incredibly useful for anyone interested in nature, on any level. Created jointly by the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic, this social network allows you to take a photo and get instant identification of plants, birds, and animals from other nature lovers. It’s a great tool to get kids more connected to nature, too.
Best gardening apps 2022
- LeafSnap
LeafSnap uses artificial intelligence to identify plants. It currently can recognize 90 percent of all known plants and trees. You can take a picture or upload a picture of a plant to the app and it will tell you how to grow it, how much light and water it needs, and much more.
You can download LeafSnap for iOS in the Apple App Store or for Android in the Google Play Store.
LeafSnap collects user data to improve user experience. It may share user data using an anonymous identifier with Google Ad Services. You can read its full privacy policy here.
Once LeafSnap has identified the plant, it gives you basic information about the plant. Credit: Screenshot: Leafsnap
LeafSnap also tells you how to care for plants. Credit: Screenshot: Leafsnap
- Smart Plant Home
Smart Plant Home is an all-in-one gardening app. The most helpful feature is the care calendar. Once you add a plant, the app automatically sets up a care calendar that reminds you to water it or complete other tasks depending on the plant. This can come in handy if you’re prone to killing plants. There is also a searchable problem solver, so you can troubleshoot plant diseases and pests. If that doesn’t work you can send images of plants and plant diseases to horticulturist experts across the world through the app.
You can download Smart Plant Home for iOS in the Apple App Store or for Android in the Google Play Store.
Smart Plant Home collects user data to improve user experience and “to communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for marketing” among other things. You can read its full privacy policy here.
Smart Plant Home creates a care calendar for plants you add to the app. Credit: Screenshot: Smart Plant Home
An example of the types of actions on the care calendar. Credit: Screenshot: Smart Plant Home
- iNaturalist
iNaturalist is a social network created by the California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic. Like LeafSnap, iNaturalist is a plant identifying app, but it also identifies other species such as birds and bugs. When the app can’t immediately identify a plant, it tags the image and then someone in the community can identify it. You can also choose to let the photos and videos you upload to the app be used for scientific purposes. Another fun feature of the app is its searchable map that shows you all the species that have been spotted in an area.
You can download iNaturalist for iOS in the Apple App Store or for Android in the Google Play Store.
iNaturalist does not sell user data and only collects data to improve user experience. You can read its full privacy policy here.
iNaturalist has a searchable map where you can see what species have been spotted.
iNaturalist has a searchable map where you can see what species have been spotted. Credit: Screenshot: Inaturalist
- Planter
Planter helps you plan your garden. You choose the size of your plot and then you can add plants. When you select a plant to add, it tells you information like the depth the seeds needs to be planted, how long it takes to harvest, and how much water it needs. It also tells you which plants are companion plants and which are combative plants and common diseases of the plant.
You can download Planter for iOS in the Apple App Store or for Android in the Google Play Store.
Planter collects user data and shares anonymized user data with advertisers and third party advertising networks. You can read its full privacy policy here.
When you add a plant to your garden on Planter it tells you how to care for it. Credit: Screenshot: Planter
Planter tells you which plants are good companion plants and which are combative. Credit: Screenshot: Planter
- Sun Seeker – Tracker & Compass
Sun Seeker is a comprehensive sun tracking app. It can help you track the sun in your yard to choose optimal planting locations for your plants depending on what kind of light they need.
Sun Seeker costs $9.99. You can buy Sun Seeker for iOS in the Apple App Store or for Android in the Google Play Store.
Sun Seeker does not sell user data and only collects data to improve user experience. You can read its full privacy policy here.
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