PlotMyGarden v1.2 — Grow Mode, Premium Tier & Full Plant Translations
PlotMyGarden v1.2 is here — and it's packed with new features that transform PlotMyGarden from a planning tool into a full-season gardening companion. This release brings growth tracking, a Premium system, over a million words of plant translations, and a complete brand identity for the platform.
Here's everything that's new.
Grow Mode & Growth Tracking
This is the biggest new feature in v1.2. Alongside the existing Plan Mode, there's now a Grow Mode that turns your garden from a static layout into a live tracking tool.
- Track growth stages — mark plants as seedling, growing, flowering, harvesting, or dormant
- Planting journal — log when you planted each plant and track progress
- Harvest recording — document your harvests with date and quantity
- Per-plant notes — attach observations and tips directly to individual plants
- Switch between Plan and Grow — every garden can toggle between both modes
Grow Mode is a Premium feature and part of the new Pro subscription.
Premium Tier System
PlotMyGarden introduces a freemium model to sustain the platform's development.
Free:
- Unlimited garden planning and design (up to 10 gardens)
- Full access to all 1,015 plants and the plant database
- Export, import, and publish gardens
- All templates and companion planting charts
Pro:
- Grow Mode with growth stage tracking
- Harvest recording and yield statistics
- Yield analytics dashboard
- Seasonal task intelligence
We're actively building out the Pro experience — many more Premium features are in preparation and will launch combined as early as next month. Until then, Free users see a prompt on locked features.
Full Plant Translations
As promised in v1.1, we've fully translated all 1,015 plant detail pages into German and Spanish. That's over one million words of gardening content per language.
- 300 vegetables — fully translated
- 222 fruits — fully translated
- 200 flowers — fully translated
- 199 herbs — fully translated
- 94 trees — fully translated
Every plant page — growing guides, care tips, companion planting info, harvest timing — is now available in your language. On top of that, plant names are translated in the editor, calendar, seed inventory, and sidebar.
Redesigned Dashboard
The dashboard has been completely rebuilt with sidebar navigation and structured views.
- Overview — quick look at your gardens with stats
- My Gardens — all gardens in a clean card grid
- Templates — browse garden templates by category
- Yield — harvest data and statistics (Pro)
- Profile — profile settings right from the dashboard
The mobile view uses a horizontal tab bar instead of the sidebar.
Full Brand Identity
PlotMyGarden went from wireframes and placeholder colors to a real brand. This isn't just a color change — it's a complete CI overhaul across the entire platform.
- Custom design system — earthy greens, warm browns, and natural beiges reflecting real gardens
- Consistent typography — Fraunces for headings, Outfit for UI, Spectral for body text
- Branded assets — new favicon, app icons, OG images, and social previews all using the PlotMyGarden leaf identity
- Every screen touched — from landing page to dashboard, editor to plant pages, every component follows the new visual language
The result is a platform that finally looks and feels like what it is — a tool built for gardeners.
Seed Inventory & Growth Stages
The seed inventory has been completely redesigned to track all growth stages.
- New visual design with stage badges
- Grouped view by growth stage
- Direct integration with Grow Mode
Editor Improvements
- Improved sidebar interaction — auto-close on selection, better scroll behavior
- Canvas optimizations — smoother panning and zooming
- Dynamic plant names — plant names auto-scale and wrap when needed
Bug Fixes
- Dashboard layout on mobile was offset by the sidebar — fixed
- Layout issues from long translations in sidebar — fixed
- Missing calendar translations in the editor — fixed
- Favicon showed default placeholder icon — replaced with PlotMyGarden leaf icon
What's Next
- Pro launch — payment integration and full unlock of Premium features, launching as early as next month
- Enhanced companion planting logic — more accurate recommendations and visual cues
- Automatic garden planning — layout generation based on your seed inventory
- Community features — share gardens, comment, and learn from each other
Thank you to everyone using PlotMyGarden and sharing feedback. Every update gets better because of your input.
Happy gardening!
Stay up to date on our Updates page, and visit the Roadmap to vote on features and share your ideas.