How to use AI to Make Garden Planning More Efficient (8 Prompts You Can Use Today)

Remember all that extra time you had for gardening in 2020? Fast forward five years, and life feels busier than ever. But you’re still gardening—which means you’re finding ways to make it work. The biggest challenge? Time.
In this special episode of The Beginner’s Garden Podcast, we’re exploring how AI, specifically ChatGPT, can help streamline your garden planning so you can spend more time growing and less time on tedious research. I’ll share practical ways I’ve used AI to speed up my own planning and simple prompts you can start using today.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
✅ How ChatGPT acts as a supercharged search engine for gardening research
✅ Simple AI prompts to find frost dates, best seed prices, and ideal plant varieties
✅ How AI can assist with succession planting, companion planting, and garden layout design
✅ Why AI isn’t perfect—and how to critically evaluate its recommendations
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AI is just another tool—one that, when used wisely, can help you grow more with less stress. Let’s dive in! ????

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