Built exclusively for independent nurseries

Smarter customers.
Confident staff.
Bigger baskets.

The Garden Guide puts expert plant knowledge in every customer's pocket and every employee's hands — with recommendations tied directly to your inventory.

0 App downloads required
Seconds Plant ID, any plant
6mo Full spring season
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Every nursery has one person
who knows everything.
You can't be everywhere at once.

On a busy May Saturday, your floor is packed. Your seasonal staff are great with a wheelbarrow. But the moment a customer asks whether that Japanese andromeda needs Holly Tone or Garden Tone — they're lost. They find you. You stop what you're doing. You answer the question, connect the dots to the right amendment on your shelf, make the upsell. Then it happens again. And again.

Every one of those interruptions is time stolen from running your business. Every unanswered question is a customer who leaves without the product they needed. That's not a staff problem. That's a systems problem.

"The Garden Guide gives every staff member expert plant knowledge on demand — and frees the one person who knows everything to do the work only they can do."

Consumer plant apps like PictureThis tell your customers what a plant is. The Garden Guide tells them what to buy with it, what amendments it needs, and exactly where to find everything on your shelves — under your name, from your inventory, at your prices.

One QR code.
Everything changes.

No app download. No login. No training. Your branded plant expert launches instantly on any phone.

01
📱

Customer scans the QR code

Your branded app launches instantly in their browser. No download. No account. Works on any phone. Takes three seconds. Your name and logo are on every screen.

02
🌿

They point their camera at any plant

Instant identification. Care guide, light requirements, zone info, planting depth — including exactly which amendment they need and why. Staff can use it too, right in front of the customer.

03
🛒

The app builds a real basket

Companion plants from your inventory. The right amendment from your shelf. A yard plan with your plants at your prices — and a "Come back with this list" line that drives return visits all season.

Five tools.
One QR code.

Drives Return Visits
🏡

Yard Planner

Customer photographs their garden bed at home. AI returns a curated plant plan — Focal, Filler, Groundcover — using your plants at your prices. Estimated spend line with your nursery name. "Come back with this list" drives the return visit you'd never have gotten otherwise.

Staff Tool
👋

Staff Mode

One URL parameter flips the app into staff mode. Drops straight into the Identify tool. Your seasonal staff has a horticulturist in their pocket for every question they don't know the answer to. They just don't have to tell the customer that.

List Builder
✉️

Email Capture

After the yard planner returns a result, customers can have their plan emailed — plus early access to new arrivals. Passive list growth all season under your name. By fall you have a list you can reach before Mother's Day next year. The list is yours at season end.

Conversational AI
💬

AI Plant Chat

Multi-turn conversation. Expert tone, conversational delivery. Zone-aware. Product recommendations limited to your inventory. Handles the fifty questions that would otherwise find their way to you on a busy Saturday.

Six ways it pays
for itself.

01

Gives every employee expert-level plant knowledge on demand

Your seasonal floor staff can sound knowledgeable in front of any customer without training. They show the screen, read the card, walk the customer to the shelf. Customer confidence goes up. Sales follow.

02

Frees you from being the single point of failure

The app handles the fifty basic questions that come in every busy Saturday so you can focus on high-value consultations, big landscaping sales, and running the business. You're no longer the bottleneck.

03

Increases basket size through inventory-aware recommendations

Every recommendation — companion plants, yard plans, amendments — pulls exclusively from what's in stock at real prices. The AI assembles a basket the customer can fill today. Average transaction goes up.

04

Drives return visits through at-home yard planner use

The QR code lives on their receipt. Sunday afternoon they photograph their backyard and get a plant list — every recommendation from your shelves at your prices. They come back with a list. The return visit is attributable, intentional, and costs you nothing after the first scan.

05

Builds your customer email list passively all season

Every user who completes a yard plan gets prompted to have it emailed — along with early access to new arrivals. By fall you have a list of warm customers you can reach before Mother's Day next year. For free.

06

Acts as an expert for every customer at the moment of decision

Customer standing in front of a plant they don't recognize gets an instant answer. No hunting for a staff member. No bad advice. Confident customer buys more — and comes back.

It takes about 20 additional purchases to break even.

Run the numbers yourself
Seasonal cost $999
Average add-on item influenced by the app ~$50
Purchases needed to break even ~20
As a share of foot traffic on one busy spring weekend less than 5%

One extra item added to the basket by 20 customers — over an entire spring season. You know your numbers better than anyone. The math is yours to run.

~82%
Gross margin after API costs
<10m
Setup time. Fully branded. Live before the weekend.
6mo
Full season, mid-March through mid-September

Flat seasonal fee.
No contracts.

You earn the business back every spring. No auto-renewal. No surprises.

Starter
$999
per season
  • Fully branded app under your name
  • QR code signage package — doors, aisles, counter cards, receipt inserts
  • Plant ID with companion suggestions from your inventory
  • Yard Planner with real inventory and estimated spend
  • AI Plant Chat — zone-aware, inventory-limited
  • Staff Mode
  • Email capture
  • Inventory updates on request
  • Six-month season
Get Started
Premium
$2,499
per season
  • Everything in Growth
  • Email list ownership transfers to you at season end
  • Monthly analytics report
  • Spring re-engagement campaign sent before you open
  • Priority support all season
Get Started

No contracts. No auto-renewal. Questions? [email protected]

Ready to see it on
your floor?

Drop your email and nursery name. We'll set up a live demo on your phone — with your plants, your inventory, your name on the screen. Fifteen minutes. No pitch. Just the product.

Spring 2026 spots are limited. No obligation.