Projects
A project is the top-level container for a growing plan. Whether you are tracking a single season in your back garden or a multi-year food-forest establishment, a project brings all the related branches and activities together in one place.
Creating a Project
Click New Project from the Projects page. You will fill in three fields:
- Title — a short, descriptive name such as "2026 Kitchen Garden" or "Orchard Establishment 2025–2028".
- Description — a paragraph explaining the purpose and goals. For example: "Track soil improvement, crop rotation, and yield across all raised beds in zone 1."
- Visibility — choose Private (only you), Hub Members (your hub can view), or Public (anyone can browse it).
Linking Branches and Activities
Once your project exists, you organise work inside it by creating branches. A branch represents a phase or season (see the Branches page for details). Activities are then linked to a branch, which automatically associates them with the parent project as well.
You can also attach an existing activity directly to a project if it does not belong to any particular branch. This is useful for one-off tasks like an initial site survey or an end-of-year review.
The Project as a Season or Multi-Season Container
Projects are deliberately flexible. A small-scale grower might create one project per calendar year. A community garden group might create a single project that spans several years, with a branch for each growing season. There is no enforced structure, so you can adapt the hierarchy to whatever makes sense for your situation.
| Scale | Example Project | Example Branches |
|---|---|---|
| Single season | Allotment 2026 | Spring Sowing, Summer Maintenance, Autumn Harvest |
| Multi-year | Forest Garden Establishment | Year 1 Ground Prep, Year 2 Canopy Planting, Year 3 Understorey |
| Experiment | Mulch Comparison Trial | Wood Chip Beds, Straw Beds, Living Mulch Beds |
Viewing Project Provenance
The project detail page includes a Provenance tab that shows the full chain of relationships: which branches belong to the project, which activities sit inside each branch, which elements were used or created, and which methods were followed. This gives you a complete, traceable history of everything that happened within the project, from the first soil test to the final harvest record.