Iphone apps for gardeners
October 26, 2010
The RHS Grow Your Own iPhone app
The RHS has recently designed a free app called “Grow your own” offering helpful information regarding growing fruit and vegetables. The base application is free and it covers the 20 most popular varieties of fruit and veg. Within the application itself you can buy an add-on for £1.79 to extend the content to an extra 16 plants and increase the functionality of the app.
In the first month of its launch more than 100,000 people had downloaded the app to their iPhone. This ranks the app in the Top 25 Free Applications List compiled by Apple.
The basic FREE app includes:
- Help to select veg and fruit based on your level of expertise, available space and time.
- Access to expert RHS advice: what to do and when. Common problems and what to do about them.
- Links to the RHS site for buying good quality plants.
- Access to RHS forum to chat with other gardeners.
The £1.79 add-on includes:
- Covers a wider range of fruit and veg advice
- Calendar alerts to remind you what to do and when.
- Location-aware frost warnings to protect your plants
- Location-aware watering reminders and drought alerts.
More add-ons are planned in the future. This app would make an ideal inexpensive gift for birthdays or Xmas for family and friends with iPhones. The content is suited to the less experienced, or less confident, gardeners but is also a valuable resource for all gardeners as they are out and about in their garden with their iPhone. This app is only free for a limited time. For more information go to www.rhs.org.uk/iphone or go to the Apple Store link on our site [click on buy online webpage on the top of Home Page].
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