Daily streak
On fire
6
Best run: 9 days. Next bonus at 7.
Take a Peek Inside
This is what your garden looks like once you've signed up. Have a go: tap an action, catch the wildlife before it wanders off, and watch your energy and points change.
👆 Try it yourself
Choose an action
💡 Suggestion
from the webcam
👋 Pick an action, or wait and see who comes to visit.
This is a demo, so nothing here is saved. Start your real garden
More from inside the game
⚡ Energy bar
Every action spends energy.
🦔 Visitor2 min ago
🌧️ Weather1 hour ago
Why You'll Love It
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Grow
Look after your own plot and build daily and weekly streaks.
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Watch
A real webcam, plus a garden diary that writes itself.
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Spot Wildlife
Claim bees, ladybirds, birds and hedgehogs when they pop up.There's More Going On Than You'd Think
100 ⚡
Energy a day
Every job costs energy: weeding takes 20, a quick inspection just 7. It refills at midnight, so spend it wisely.
12 collectibles
From busy bees to rare rainbows
Wildlife and finds pop up on the webcam picture. You've got 20 minutes to catch each one for a free bonus job.
🐝🍄🐌🍀🪱🌼🐞🐦🌰🦋🦔🌈
+220 🔥
Streak bonus
Play daily to build a streak. Bonuses land at 3 days, a week, a fortnight, and a big 220 points at 30 days.
−30 🌧️
Watch the weather
The camera spots real rain. Water straight after a downpour and it costs you 30 extra energy.
📷 💡
Tips from the camera
Image analysis notices dry spells, growth and falling leaves, and suggests what your plot needs next.
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Leaderboards
All-time points, points this week, busiest hands, energy spent, longest streak and most wildlife caught. Could your garden be #1?
Who's Top of the Garden?
How the Game Works
Virtual Micro Gardening is a free, slow-paced online gardening game built around a real garden. Each turn you pick an action for your plot, such as watering, weeding, pruning or feeding. Actions use energy that refills every day, so you play a few moves, then come back later to see what changed on the live webcam. Popular choices are carried out in the real garden.
- Create your microgarden and get your own virtual plot.
- Check the webcam to see how the real garden looks today.
- Choose your actions and earn points for looking after it.
- Come back daily to keep your streak going, answer alerts and spot visiting wildlife.
It suits students, casual gamers and anyone who enjoys idle, check-in or turn-based games, and it's a gentle way to learn how gardens, seasons and pollinators work. It runs in any browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to download. Read the full guide to playing.
Live Garden
📸 The latest photo from our garden webcam
Check in any time to see the weather, the wildlife that visits and how the garden changes with the seasons. Want the story so far? Read the garden diary.
Things You Can Do
💧 Water
🌿 Weed
✂️ Cut the Grass
🍃 Prune
🌾 Feed & Fertilise
🌸 Pick Flowers
🔍 Check for Pests
🧺 Harvest
Coming to the Real Garden
Bigger projects we're planning for the real garden:
🪵 Bug Hotel
🦋 Wildflower Meadow
🌳 Plant a Tree
🥕 Vegetable Patch
🪨 Rockery