Garden Pal

Garden Pal is a Softr app that helps home gardeners plan, start and track what they grow.

Adding a plant starts with a photo. A Softr Workflow sends a picture of a seed packet, or of a plant already in the garden, to AI. The AI reads the label or identifies the plant and fills in up to 24 details, including sun, spacing, planting depth, days to germination, hardiness zones, and when to start, transplant or sow. Each result comes with a confidence level. Plants can also be added from a vendor link or by hand.

Every planting step is timed in weeks from the last spring frost or the first fall frost, so the Planting Calendar shows what's due and when. Plants move through six stages, from seed to planted out, and link to garden areas, sowing batches, a seedling log and a wishlist.

The Greenhouse page connects to Govee temperature and humidity sensors. A scheduled Softr Workflow calls the Govee API every hour and saves each reading to Softr Databases. Daily summaries compare the greenhouse and coldframe with outdoor conditions, with charts for highs, lows, temperature swing and humidity, and a frost alert from the forecast.

Built with Softr, Softr Databases, Softr Workflows, Softr AI and the Govee API.