MyGarden Blog

Have you always wanted to know the name of a specific plant in your garden or in a garden from a neighbor ? Via an easy to use system (uploading a photo) this is now possible on MyGarden.org. The name of this new service is ‘Plantifier‘. The word comes from ‘plant’ and ‘identifier’… so plant identification… and we use ‘crowd sourcing‘ !

Crowd sourcing is a new trend and it works in a way that a (big) group of people work together on the same topic… in our case is it the recognition of plants and flowers.

After uploading a photo on an unknown plant, everyone can propose a possible plant name. Other users are able to vote on the submitted names and agree or disagree with the name. This way you’ll get the right name for your unknown plant very soon.

Today we launch the web version of Plantifier, soon there will be a Smartphone app for Android, iPhone and iPad that allows you to upload and recognize plants and flowers from inside your garden.

Follow our @plantifier Twitter account for more information and to start recognizing plants !

As promised earlier, we now have activated a new feature for the PLUS account holders. Gardeners with a paying PLUS account can now activate their own subdomain on their profile page.

A subdomain is a URL such as: http://lievengekiere.mygarden.org. It is a link to your own personal profile page on the MyGarden.org site. The subdomain name can be freely chosen or you can use the suggestion. (see example below)

After saving the settings your personal MyGarden.org subdomain will be available immediately. You can use this as a shortcut or link to give to your friends or to post on Twitter and Facebook.

Don’t you have a PLUS account yet ? For 24 Euro’s a year (that is only 2 Euro per month) you can have a PLUS account. Apply now !

When you are living in the UK, the chances are that you don’t use centimeters to calculate. That’s why we added in the profile the possibility to change the measurements from meters to inches. Feel free to change!

We like to welcome you to MyGarden.org. This new site will help you as a gardener: search for the information you need, talk to other gardeners, explore their gardens! In this Blog you will find lots of useful information, tips and tricks, new features, …

If you need any help on the site, use the helpdesk function on the top of every page.