The First 'Official' #GardenJournal Challenge of 2026

New year, new look! Although so many of you are in the habit of posting a garden update around the first of every month, we like to remind you and to invite new Hive gardeners to the game.

Each month on the 1st, we invite YOU to share YOUR gardens - no matter if you're only in the planning & dreaming stage or whether you're harvesting a bounty. Hey, you can even post a community garden or your grandmother's balcony flowers - we love seeing it all! Cactus, eggplant, mushroom farming, compost, landscape design, irrigation - it's all welcome.

We do have to be a little tough though - remember, we want to keep this community a worthwhile place to be. No AI slop please - and we ask you to post in English first, and then you're welcome to write in your main language second. This isn't because we don't love global gardeners, it's just that curators find it easier to read if it's just in one language, plus it can be confusing for outsiders to see a multilingual post! Also, please don't post ten photos of the one plant - it's so tedious to scroll through so many similiar photos!

To Keep It Simple

• No AI
• Do you really need more than one photo of one plant?
• Engage with others
• Post in the community and use the first tag #gardenjournal
• Reblog this post if you can
• Check community rules about dual languages!
• BE KIND!

Can't follow guidelines? Your post might be muted!

If you would like to be added or removed from the list, comment below! If there's a user that's definitely left the platform, please also let us know.

If you can afford to delegate to @gardenhive, it's also a fantastic way to support the community you love!

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^{The HIVE GARDEN COMMUNITY supports gardening, homesteading, cannabis growers, permaculture and other garden or botanical related content. Delegations to the curation account, @gardenhive, are welcome! Find our community here!}