Gardening-Related Subreddits
Reddit is a social media and discussion site where people can join communities called “subreddits” to discuss their interests and connect with others who share the same interest. There is a large gardening community on Reddit, and here are some of the most popular and active gardening subreddits where you can talk with other gardeners.
General Gardening Subreddits
r/gardening
A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.
r/UrbanGardening
A community for growing plants in urban spaces. We’re here to share our joys, setbacks, and knowledge with one another. All urban growers and gardens are welcome!
Organic and Eco-friendly Gardening
r/GardenWild
Gardening to help and encourage wildlife – share how you are gardening to help your garden wildlife, ask for advice about wildlife gardening, share your garden wildlife sightings and more!
r/NativePlantGardening
A community for gardeners who are passionate about growing native plants. Rain gardens, pollinator gardens, xeriscaping, and forests alike!
r/NoLawns
A community devoted to alternatives to monoculture lawns, with an emphasis on native plants and conservation. Rain gardens, xeriscaping, strolling gardens, native plants, and much more! Check out our wiki! https://www.reddit.com/r/NoLawns/wiki/index/
r/Permaculture
A community for like-minded individuals to discuss permaculture and sustainable living. Permaculture (Permanent Culture) is an ecological design system coined in Australia by David Holmgren and Bill Mollison
r/ButterflyGardening
This is a subreddit for anyone interested in butterfly gardening. If it’s related to butterfly gardens, feel free to share and enjoy your stay. We are here to help each other and encourage more butterfly gardens.
r/xeriscape
Xeriscaping: a water-saving approach to landscaping that doesn’t sacrifice beauty for low maintenance and drought tolerance
r/forestgardening
Forest gardening is a low-maintenance sustainable plant-based food production system based on woodland ecosystems.
r/invasivespecies
Focused on the very important environmental issue of noxious exotic species from around the world invading, degrading and destroying native ecosystems and costing nations billions. Our submission content consists of news, educational resources, discussion and photos of field sightings. The goal of the sub is to better inform and educate our subscribers on the critical topic of invasive species.
Identification Subreddits
r/whatsthisplant
A community of plant enthusiasts where anyone can upload photos of plant(s) they would like identified. Everyone is encouraged to help each other identify plants.
Plants
r/plants
A place to share pictures and discuss growing, maintaining, and propagating houseplants and outdoor decorative plants.
r/succulents
Anything and everything about succulent plants, a.k.a. “fat plants,” welcome here! Photos, art, growing tips, sales/trades, news, and stories.
Soil
r/Vermiculture
The place for worm discussion of all sorts. Whether you’re raising worms for composting, bait, or God knows why else, this is the place for discussion. Common topics covered are setting up new worm bins, getting high-quality vermicompost, making vermicompost tea, or common problems encountered when raising worms.
Specific Locations
r/HawaiiGardening
Aloha and welcome to Hawai’i Gardening. A subreddit for anyone interested in gardening in Hawai’i, those that do, and others in similar climate zones from anywhere worldwide. A place to ask questions, post pictures, discuss techniques, share advice or even seeds, and assist each other in our unique gardening endeavors.
r/GardeningPNW
A sub dedicated to home gardeners in the Pacific Northwest: Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland in BC, the Coasts of Washington State and Oregon, and the Olympic Peninsula. This is a very unique climate area unlike any other parts of North America, with microclimates galore!
r/Texas_State_Garden
Gardening in Texas State. Had a new bloom today, want to share progress over a time period? Have a flowerbed with vigorous new blooms. Welcome to r/ Texas_State_Garden! Discuss, Propagate, Give advice and also, have fun! (If you don’t live in Texas state yet you wish to post here, go ahead, we won’t judge your location. You are allowed to participate in Texas’s garden regardless where you live!)
r/ArizonaGardening
ArizonaGardening is a place to discuss anything related to the extreme task of getting things to grow in Arizona!
r/GardeningUK: share gardening tips, advice and successes
GardeningUK is a subreddit for the discussion of gardens, gardening, tips, advice and successes with other gardeners here in the UK. Visit the Wiki for tips on where to buy seeds and what information to include when asking for advice.
r/GardeningAustralia
This subreddit is not affiliated with ABC’s Gardening Australia but serves as a community space for gardening enthusiasts to share advice, tips, and inspiration.
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“In gardens it’s not just plants and insects and microbes that grow. People grow too, and the best bit is that they don’t realise it’s happening. It just happens.” Costa Georgiadis
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“In gardens it’s not just plants and insects and microbes that grow. People grow too, and the best bit is that they don’t realise it’s happening. It just happens.” Costa Georgiadis
r/GardeningIRE
Gardening in Ireland./GarraĂodĂłireacht in Éireann.
A place to share photos, tips, or advice about anything gardening-related which is specific to Ireland’s climate, ecology and gardening suppliers.
Welcome all!/Fáilte roimh chách!
A place to share photos, tips, or advice about anything gardening-related which is specific to Ireland’s climate, ecology and gardening suppliers.
Welcome all!/Fáilte roimh chách!
Other Gardening-Related Special Interests
r/GuerrillaGardening
Guerrilla gardening is gardening on another person’s land without permission, making your city more beautiful to live in. We cultivate land, where we’re not supposed to.
r/Bonsai
A sub dedicated to bonsai trees and associated plants and art styles. Focusing on bonsai techniques (growing, styling, wiring, repotting), sharing & critiquing member trees, bonsai care and general help. Get more trees!
r/VerticalGardens
Welcome to Vertical Gardens! This is a place to discus and share tutorials on how to build living walls or just show off what great looking living walls you have build yourself. Indoor or outdoor, doesn’t matter, show us what you got!
r/Hydroponics
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants without soil, using nutrient-enriched water instead. This technique can involve various inert mediums like sand, gravel, or perlite to provide mechanical support for the plants. *Please note: While we are not against cannabis we would like to limit posts here please feel free to share those posts over at /r/Hydro or /r/MicroGrowery – Thank You*
r/aquaponics
The symbiotic cultivation of plants and aquatic animals in a recirculating environment. Below are some relevant links and subreddits – consider them as well when you are posting or looking for additional information.
r/SquareFootGardening
Square Foot Gardening (SFG) is one of the simplest things you will ever learn that will improve your life. This sub is for conversation around SFG specifically. Anyone interested in SFG should read the book “Square Foot Gardening” by Mel Bartholomew. Currently in its third edition, it’s the original resource on the SFG method, and remains the primary resource for SFG enthusiasts.
Hopefully you will find some of these gardening-related subreddits useful!
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