About r/gardening
A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.
The community at a glance
r/gardening is a Subreddit for Plant Enthusiasts with roughly 8.9M members. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 1st largest community in the Plants topic page.
Roughly 385K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Plants, Struggling, and Help. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution Requests. Product recommendations often mention weed killer and garden hose.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 30K members
- 2014: 33K members
- 2015: 24K members
- 2016: 57K members
- 2017: 242K members
- 2021: 3.6M members
- 2023: 2.0M members
- 2024: 1.5M members
- 2025: 1.2M members
- 2026: 153K members
Past year (monthly)
- Jul: 92K members
- Aug: 69K members
- Sep: 1K members
- Oct: 2K members
- Nov: 13K members
- Dec: 11K members
- Jan: 13K members
- Feb: 16K members
- Mar: 27K members
- Apr: 29K members
- May: 35K members
- Jun: 34K members
Themes
- Advice Requests18 posts in the past month
- Why are my vegetable plants dying?!
- Advice/Support for loss of trees
- Plant ID
#118Advice RequestsWhy are my vegetable plants dying?! · Advice/Support for loss of trees · Plant ID - Solution Requests3 posts in the past month
- My neighbors fat squirrel keeps digging up my garden beds. How can I deter him?
- HELP!! My zucchini snapped at the base!
- I need help planning my garden!
#23Solution RequestsMy neighbors fat squirrel keeps digging up my garden beds. How can I deter him? · HELP!! My zucchini snapped at the base! · I need help planning my garden!
Topics
- Plants62 posts in the past month
- What are these plants at Allerton Park?
- Help save my plants
#162PlantsWhat are these plants at Allerton Park? · Help save my plants - Struggling55 posts in the past month#255Struggling
- Help53 posts in the past month
- Help with Rosemary Please!
- HELP!! My zucchini snapped at the base!
- Help with lavender please!
#353HelpHelp with Rosemary Please! · HELP!! My zucchini snapped at the base! · Help with lavender please! - Garden51 posts in the past month
- My zone 4 garden is finally filling in!
- My husband built me a timber framed greenhouse to match my 4b cottage garden.
- Usually get hate on here but thought garden looked pretty today
#451GardenMy zone 4 garden is finally filling in! · My husband built me a timber framed greenhouse to match my 4b cottage garden. · Usually get hate on here but thought garden looked pretty today - Flowers39 posts in the past month
- My flowers have been going strong for awhile now
- Flowers blooming on my balcony tonight
- My first bouquet from flowers that I grew myself!
#539FlowersMy flowers have been going strong for awhile now · Flowers blooming on my balcony tonight · My first bouquet from flowers that I grew myself!
Product recommendations
- weed killer2 posts in the past month
- Please give me your best products for weed control!
- Best weed killer?
#12weed killerPlease give me your best products for weed control! · Best weed killer? - garden hose2 posts in the past month
- Best Hose
- Best most reliable garden hoses
#22garden hoseBest Hose · Best most reliable garden hoses
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/gardening for?
- Best for Plant Enthusiasts enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/gardening free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/gardening have?
- Roughly 8.9M members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/gardening on?
- r/gardening runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/gardening cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/gardening is organized under Plant Enthusiasts.
- How do I join r/gardening?
- You can join r/gardening by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Plants communities like?
- Communities for plant enthusiasts covering houseplants, outdoor gardening, and specialty collecting. Dedicated forums serve niche communities for carnivorous plant collectors, succulent enthusiasts, and tomato growers, with larger gardening groups active on Facebook and Reddit.
Monthly Stats
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- Visitors
- 1
- Referrals
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