Now on the App StoreFor every age and ability

Grow your gardening confidence.

Hortly turns learning to garden into a game. Six or sixty, first sprout or seasoned grower, it meets you where you are and grows with you.

For all ages and all abilities, learning at your own pace.
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Our aim

The one place you learn to garden.

We are building the one place to learn gardening. Playful lessons, a garden of your own and real plant know-how that sticks, all in a single app that grows with you from your very first seed.

A peek inside

Learning that actually looks fun.

Bright, bite-size and genuinely yours. Here is Hortly in action.

Your garden grows as you learn
Short lessons in an order that makes sense
Everything you have grown, in one place
Your garden grows as you learn
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Sprig, the Hortly mascot
Meet Sprig

Hi, I'm Sprig!

Sprig is your guide at Hortly, a friendly little sprout who is with you the whole way. Sprig cheers on every win and offers a gentle nudge when you need one, keeping every lesson light and fun.

Wherever you are on your gardening journey, you will never be learning alone.

Your friendly guideCheers every winAlways in your corner
How it works

Three steps to a greener thumb.

Hortly builds real skill the way a good game does, a little at a time, with a reward you can watch growing.

1

Learn a little every day

Open a short lesson whenever you have a few minutes. Sprig guides you through it.

2

Earn seeds as you grow

Finish a lesson to earn seeds, keep a streak to earn more, and unlock the Garden Guild.

3

Grow your own garden

Spend your seeds to plant and design a garden that flourishes as your skills do.

Learning for all ages and abilities

Built for every gardener.

Young or old, complete beginner or old hand, Hortly meets what you already know and grows with you.

Just starting

Never grown a thing

Begin with the gentlest basics, no jargon and no assumptions. Sprig walks you through your very first seed.

Getting confident

A few plants in

Fill the gaps and turn happy accidents into real understanding, so your garden thrives on purpose.

Seasoned grower

Years in the soil

Go deeper on design, wildlife and technique. Skip what you know and sharpen what you do not.

Why it sticks

Everything you need to actually learn.

Not just facts to memorise, but a whole world that rewards you for turning knowledge into habit.

Learn by doing

Every skill moves from recall to using it for real, so what you learn actually sticks.

Bite-size lessons

Short, playful lessons take you from the very basics to real technique, a little at a time.

Grow a real garden

Spend the seeds you earn on plants, trees and features, then design a garden that is truly yours.

Collect the Garden Guild

Earn friendly garden characters as you learn, each with a perk that helps you grow faster.

Master every topic

Earn emblems and crowns as you master soil, plant care, pests, propagation and more.

Learn from real photos

A rich library of real plant photography, so you learn the real thing, not a cartoon of it.

The Garden Guild

Meet the friends you learn to garden for.

Learn what each one needs and they will join your garden. Every Garden Guild member you earn brings a perk that helps you grow faster.

Rory Robin
Rory RobinSeasonal GuideA new season brings new things to grow!
Bea Bumble
Bea BumblePollinatorEvery flower helps.
Dot Ladybird
Dot LadybirdPest HelperNature knows best.
Hazel Hedge
Hazel HedgeGarden ProtectorSmall changes make a big difference.
Flora Flutter
Flora FlutterNature ExplorerAlways off exploring the garden.
Finn Frog
Finn FrogPond & Wildlife GuideHappiest down by the pond.
New
Felix Fox
Felix FoxTwilight GuardianWatches over the garden at dusk.
New
Chester Caterpillar
Chester CaterpillarLittle GrowerGrowing a little every day.

Say hello to Felix Fox and Chester Caterpillar, the newest members of the Guild.

Real plants, real photos

Learn to recognise what you grow.

Hortly teaches from a rich photo library, so you learn the real thing.

Where Hortly is heading

Building the one stop shop for garden learning.

Lessons are just the beginning. Here is what we are building next on the way to one place for everything garden learning.

Tutorial videos

Step by step video guides you can watch and learn from.

In development

Plant identification

Snap a photo and Hortly helps you learn what you are looking at.

In development

Seasonal masterclasses

Deeper guided courses that follow the gardening year.

In development

Care reminders

Gentle nudges for watering, feeding and pruning your real plants.

In development

Personalised learning plan

A path shaped around exactly what you want to grow.

In development

Sprig outfits & garden themes

Customise Sprig and your garden as you level up.

In development

Community & sharing

Show off your garden and swap tips with other growers.

In development

Accounts & sync

Pick up right where you left off on any device.

In development

Offline lessons

Keep learning even with no signal.

In development
Plans

Start free. Flourish when you're ready.

Sprout is free forever. Grow and Flourish unlock extra content and perks as paid plans. Subscriptions are coming soon.

Hortly Flourish

Our top plan. Everything in Grow, plus seasonal masterclasses, a personalised learning plan, offline lessons and early access to new content.

SproutFreeforeverGrow£29.99/yror £3.99/moBest valueFlourish£49.99/yror £6.99/mo
All core lessons
Your garden & Emblems
Daily sun raysLimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Advanced rank content
Streak freeze
Garden themes & Sprig outfitsA fewAll
Seasonal masterclasses
Personalised learning plan
Offline lessons
Early access to new content

Subscriptions open at launch. Register your interest below and we will let you know the moment they go live.