Mini Garden Coach
Indoor gardening made easy
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your guide to growing real food in any small space — basil, tomatoes, salad greens, microgreens, and more. Six curated plans, no green thumb required.
Mini Garden Coach is the easiest way to grow real food in a small space.
You don't need a green thumb. You don't need a backyard. You need a windowsill, ten minutes a week, and a plan that actually works.
Tell us about your space — three quick questions about light, environment, and time — and we'll hand you a curated 6 to 12 week plan. Six plans cover the most rewarding beginner crops:
- Easy Herbs (8 weeks) — basil, mint, parsley
- Salad Garden (6 weeks) — loose-leaf lettuce and arugula
- Low-Light Survivors (6 weeks) — for windows that don't get much sun
- Microgreens Sprint (10 days) — your first harvest in a week and a half
- Sunny Tomatoes (12 weeks) — cherry tomatoes you grew yourself
- Pizza Garden (10 weeks) — basil, oregano, and cherry tomatoes for a sunny balcony
Every plan is week-by-week. Each week has a small task list — water, pinch, harvest — and a milestone to look forward to. No guessing, no jargon, no overwhelm.
WHAT'S INSIDE
A photo journal. Snap one photo a week to watch your plants grow. The horizontal timeline turns weeks into a story.
A harvest log. Tap "I harvested!" every time you pick something. Add a note ("made pesto") or a photo. Your harvest count appears on the completion screen — a real measure of what you grew.
Weekly reminders. One gentle nudge per week, on the day you started, at the hour you choose. No spam. Turn them off any time.
A shopping list. Each plan comes with the exact pots, soil, and seeds you'll need. Built so you can go to one store, get everything, and start.
Troubleshooting. Plants droop, leaves yellow, white fuzz appears on soil. The built-in troubleshooter walks you through the common problems calmly.
Multi-garden support. Run more than one plan at once if you've got the space. Each garden tracks independently, and switching between them is one tap.
SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES
Your gardens, photos, and harvest notes sync via your iCloud account across your iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Nothing is stored on our servers. Nothing is shared with other users. There are no accounts to create, no passwords to remember.
PRIVACY-RESPECTING
We don't collect any analytics. We don't track you. We don't show ads. The only data leaving your device is the photos and notes you choose to sync to your own iCloud.
WHO IT'S FOR
If you live in an apartment and have always wanted to grow something edible — but every other gardening app expects you to already know what you're doing — this is for you.
If you've tried before and killed every plant you touched, this is for you.
If you've got kids and want a slow, weekly project that ends with food — this is for you.
We made the app we wished existed when we were starting out: warm, calm, specific, and confident that anyone can grow real food.
A NOTE ON WHAT WE'RE NOT
Mini Garden Coach isn't a plant identification app. It isn't a houseplant care tracker. It isn't an outdoor garden planner. It's a small, focused coach for a specific kind of beginner — and we'd rather do that one thing very well than do everything OK.
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Information
- Seller
- Glen Bentley
- Size
- 10 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.1 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Nigelware 2026