Grow: Garden Planner

Grow is a garden planner app. Find your hardiness zone and frost dates as well as browse common plants to add to your garden. Explore an interactive map that includes USDA hardiness zone feature layers as well as weather stations.

Privacy is important, which is why we don't collect any of your data on our own servers. Your data stays on your phone and is saved to your iCloud account so that you can always access it from any of your devices for a seamless experience.

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Features 
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* Browse over 100 common vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers to add to your garden

* Explore the map of USDA hardiness zones (not currently available in Alaska)

* Explore the map of weather stations, select a weather station to see the frost tables (first and last frost date probabilities) for that station

* See plant details such as days to germination, soil requirements, sunlight requirements and frost tolerance

* Create custom plants in case your favorite plant doesn't exist yet!

* Create gardens with specific frost dates, zone, soil type and sunlight attributes

* Get plant recommendations based on your gardens unique attributes

* Add plants to your garden with a specific plant date so that you can visualize their growth progress over time

* No login or account creation required. Your data syncs seamlessly across all of your devices signed into the same iCloud account

* Light mode/dark mode support

* Customize the app icon and theme

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Why I created Grow
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I was inspired to create Grow for multiple reasons. First, I learned that the nutrients in our soil are being depleted, and the produce we buy from the grocery store is less nutritious than it was in the past. Having a home garden is one way to ensure you’re eating high-quality, nutritious food.

I also experienced living in a food desert in rural Colorado for a little over a year, and I came to understand the importance of self-sufficiency and having a garden. When you live in a food desert, you have to travel far to find any food, and healthy food—particularly fresh produce—requires an even longer trip. I would drive an hour and a half to reach a meager Safeway where I would stock up on as much fresh food as possible to last between trips. The accessible food in a food desert is usually highly processed and comes in excessive packaging, which is also a problem in areas without regular trash service.

My life experiences and research led me to want to create a tool to help people like myself, who know nothing about gardening and need basic knowledge of their climate, growing season, and the types of plants that may thrive in their environment so they can empower themselves to live healthier lives. I hope you find the app useful. If you’re a seasoned gardener and have feedback on how to improve the app for others, please reach out to me via the feedback mechanism in the app—I would love to hear from you.

Happy gardening!

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Privacy policy: https://www.emilyraeann.com/grow-privacy-policy

Terms of use: https://www.emilyraeann.com/grow-terms-and-conditions