In 2017 I moved to the countryside and took out the mown lawn. An edible garden went in its place, and it soon filled up with life.
The gardening apps I found back then didn't fit what I needed. In 2019 I took a permaculture course. It opened my eyes to soil life and to how plants and animals depend on each other. With that knowledge, what was missing stood out even more. The apps were plant catalogs, or they ignored what a plant does for nature. I wanted to know what was growing in my garden and what needed doing in which season. And I wanted to see which choices were good for the life in the garden. So I kept track in spreadsheets and notes, and the rest was in my head. I regularly forgot something.
That's why I built Gardiflora myself. It shows you which plants you have and which tasks are waiting for you this season. You can divide your garden into zones. Every plant gets an Eco-Score for what it does for nature, and so does your garden as a whole. It works just as well for an ornamental border as for an edible garden or a food forest.
I also volunteer as a garden advisor with Tuinrangers, where I visit people at home and help them make their garden more wildlife-friendly. I love doing it. But after dozens of visits, I noticed I was repeating the same advice: plant a hedge instead of a fence, leave a wild corner, pick native species. The knowledge was there, it just wasn't reaching enough people.
I believe every garden, however small, can be a home for wildlife. What you plant and what you leave standing decides who moves in. You make those choices again every season. Gardiflora is there to help you with them, and to show what your garden does for nature as a result.
Thanks for giving Gardiflora a try.
