Root & Rowan

Seed Steward

Seed Steward is an offline-first companion app for gardeners who want their records close at hand. It brings a Seed Vault, the Plant Library, and a Garden Journal together for real seasons, imperfect notes, and the details that matter later.

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The Problem

Garden records are easy to lose. Seed packets fade, notes scatter, and the one detail you need next spring is often tucked in the wrong place. Seed Steward is built to keep those small records useful.

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Why We Built Seed Steward

We built Seed Steward as the practical companion to Root & Rowan. The core app will always remain free and genuinely useful, with the Seed Vault, Plant Library, and Garden Journal available without ads at launch.

What Seed Steward Helps You Do

Seed Steward keeps the practical pieces of garden recordkeeping in one calm place, without making the work feel heavier.

  • Build a Seed Vault with inventory details, packet photos, and OCR capture for labels you want to save before they fade or get misplaced.
  • Use the Plant Library alongside your own records, so sourced plant guidance and lived garden experience can stay connected.
  • Keep a Garden Journal for what was planted, what changed, what worked, and what you may want to try when the next season comes around.
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Built to Grow

Seed Steward can grow with a gardener without putting essential tools behind a gate. Premium, planned at $3.99 per month or $29.99 per year, adds cross-device sync and advanced features, while the core tools remain useful on their own.

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Closing Invitation

Seed Steward is part of the same promise as Root & Rowan: useful knowledge, kept close, without noise. It should help you tend what you have, remember what happened, and learn from what you notice.

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Seed Steward Waitlist

Join the early access list for the Seed Steward app and follow along as the practical garden recordkeeping tools take shape.