Draw your garden, on the map
Lay out your garden on the aerial view, draw beds and raised beds to scale and place plants right where they belong. So you always know what is where, and how much space is still free.
Plan, tend, harvest, and look back across the years at what actually worked. Here is everything Gartenkern does for you.
Lay out your garden on the aerial view, draw beds and raised beds to scale and place plants right where they belong. So you always know what is where, and how much space is still free.
Great planting weather for tomatoes, the soil is warm enough.
Weather for your location, upcoming tasks and what ripens this week, all on the home screen. No searching, no forgetting.
Flowering
Sprouting
RipeLocation, variety, photo and status at a glance, from sowing to harvest. Like a plant passport, only alive.
Dynamic planting dates by climate zone and weather, and each season builds on the last. What grew where and when, Gartenkern knows.
Gartenkern suggests good neighbours and warns about bad ones, and remembers across the years what grew in which bed. So you plan crop rotation without exhausting the soil.
Which varieties do you have, what do you need to restock, when do you sow? Gartenkern keeps your stock and reminds you to start seeds in time.
Gartenkern reminds you to water, prick out and plant out, and warns about frost or heat. Via push or email, exactly when it matters.



First blossoms open. Pinched out and tied up today, smells wonderfully of tomato.
Notes and photos per plant, as a timeline over the season. Across the years it becomes your own garden almanac.
Record harvest amounts in grams, over the season and across the years. So you can see in black and white what pays off.
At season's end Gartenkern sums up what grew: harvest amounts, best varieties and highlights from the journal, comparable year by year.

Photograph the plant, the AI helps identify it, even old heritage varieties. Add it to your bed with a single tap.
Questions about weather, varieties and care, answered with reference to your location and your plants, always with sources.

Variety portraits with sowing and care data, companion-planting tips and local planting dates, written plainly, without the long search.
Family, flatmates or gardening friends share the same garden. Whoever waters or harvests logs it, everyone sees the same state, in sync.
Start right away in the browser, no install. iOS and Android are coming, and keep everything in sync.
No ad noise, no tracking madness, no selling your data to third parties. Gartenkern is funded by fair subscriptions, not by your attention, and a full export is always available.
For those who want more: manage tools and compost, record expenses, connect sensor data (Tuya, Aqara, Home Assistant), and export everything as PDF or CSV.
Create your garden, add your first planting in under two minutes, via photo recognition or from the library.
Gartenkern reminds you to water, prick out and plant out. Notes and photos land in the journal.
Record amounts, close the season, and next year you know exactly what worked.
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