Oh my, over a year has passed since I said I would publish my Complete Garden System and share the template. Oops. Never mind, I’ve done it now!
Head on over to my Notion Templates page to access the template. Duplicate it and use it in your own Notion. It’s free. You can watch my video tour of the system below:
The system allows me to keep track of many aspects of my garden; from pruning, to seeds, to caring for my plants, and storing useful information. Below is a screenshot of my Pruning Tasks view. This makes use of Notion’s timeline view and is a great way of monitoring what needs doing and when.
I utilise the timeline view to monitor the flowering windows and harvest times of my flowers and produce too. It’s useful, simple, and aesthetically pleasing. Changing between views is easy and is one of the reasons why Notion, that is essentially one large database table, can do so much.
I like using Notion because frankly it looks nice. Data, organised in a pretty way appeals to me. The gallery view offers me a wonderful, colourful snapshot of everything in my garden (once I take more photographs and add more plants!). See the image below. Each gallery view is of the garden during different seasons – admittedly I have not added enough photos to show it in all it’s glory but I hope you see the potential.
Each plant you add to the system has a myriad of fields to populate, including the option to upload a main Gallery View image, and then four more images of the plant in each season (spring, summer, autumn, and winter). To make the most of this feature be sure to get out in your garden and take photos of your plants four times a year. This proves to be really useful as it helps you visualise the garden in the months ahead. Ever forgotten what a plant does over winter when you are looking at it in full bloom in summer? This is the tool to help!
Head on over to my Notion template page to access this template and more for free. I would really love to read your feedback so please do comment on the YouTube video or via the feedback bubble on the website.
I am not sponsored by Notion – I’m just an amateur gardener and Notion…er sharing my experiences. Happy gardening!
andyexperience 