Exarth Case Study · AI Platform

Eyden AI Gardening Copilot

AI gardening copilot with location calendars, virtual garden planner and chat assistant.

Exarth designed and built Eyden (SeedsWild AI), a gardener's command center. It gives location-based monthly, annual, lunar and sowing calendars, a virtual garden planner with AI-driven tasks, and a conversational assistant to guide every plant through its whole season.

Monthly, annual & sowing calendars
Lunar phases, tasks & guidance
Virtual garden planner with AI tasks
Chat with Eyden, your AI copilot

AgriTech AI
Design + Dev
AI Copilot

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Eyden screens, dashboard, monthly picks, virtual garden and lunar calendar

AgriTech AIDesign + Dev

DashboardMonthlyGardenLunar

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Gardener Command CenterPlan · Grow · Harvest

EYD+

Smart CalendarsMonth · Year · Lunar

A+

Best-fit PicksOperational

Lunar task dueSow today · just now

A gardener's command center, location-based calendars, a virtual garden planner and an AI copilot.

4Smart calendars

AIGarden copilot

VirtualGarden planner

LocationBased picks

Overview/ 01

A command center for the whole growing season

Location-aware copilot for monthly picks, lunar timing and a virtual garden planner.Eyden is a location-aware AI gardening copilot. It tells gardeners what to grow this month, plans the whole year, follows the lunar cycle, schedules sowing for the plants they own, and turns a garden's size into a virtual layout with AI-driven tasks.

Exarth designed and built the platform end to end, location-based recommendation calendars, a virtual garden planner with companion-aware layouts and tasks, and a conversational assistant, into one calm, capable gardener's command center.

Location-based monthly & annual picks
Lunar & sowing calendars

Location-based monthly & annual picks
Lunar & sowing calendars
Virtual garden planner with AI tasks
Conversational AI assistant

Role: Design + Development
Industry: AgriTech · AI
Timeline: 5 months
Platform: Web App
Role: Design + Development
Industry: AgriTech · AI
Timeline: 5 months
Platform: Web App
Engine: Location + weather
Year: 2024

AIGarden copilot

Scope & deliverables

Discovery & Strategy
UX / UI Design
Frontend Engineering
Backend & AI

Discovery & Strategy

Calendar logic, virtual-garden model and the AI guidance flows.

UX / UI Design

A calm, natural design system for a true gardener's command center.

Frontend Engineering

A fast, responsive app with calendars, a planner and a chat copilot.

Backend & AI

Location & weather data, recommendation engine and the assistant.

Challenge & solution

Generic gardening tips, or a copilot for your garden

Gardeners juggled generic tips, missed sowing windows and paper sketches, with no tool that knew their location, plants or garden.

Generic advice
Missed windows
Paper planning

GenericGuidance

0Garden context

✕

Monthly Picks · This month

Generic advice: Gardeners got generic, one-size-fits-all advice that ignored where and when they were planting.

✕

Annual Plan · Whole year

No big picture: There was no way to see the whole year ahead, so planning was reactive and disorganised.

✕

Lunar Calendar · Moon cycle

Ignored cycle: Lunar gardeners had no tool that aligned tasks to the moon's phases.

✕

Sowing Calendar · When to sow

Missed windows: Gardeners missed sowing windows for the plants they already owned, losing the season.

No core

No shared platform

Fragmented systems

Generic · No context

GenericGuidance0Garden context

✕

Virtual Garden · Layout

Paper sketches: Planning a garden meant paper sketches that never matched the real space or beds.

✕

Garden Planner · Beds & plants

Guess placement: Plant placement was guesswork, ignoring companions, spacing and bed density.

✕

AI Tasks · Guidance

No to-dos: Even with a plan, gardeners had no clear, timely tasks to actually act on.

✕

Chat with Eyden · Assistant

Endless searching: Questions sent gardeners searching across forums with conflicting, generic answers.

Measurable impact on the live platform

4Calendars

VirtualGarden

LunarGuidance

AICopilot

Key features

Everything to plan, grow & harvest

Calendars, virtual garden planner and AI copilot for the whole growing season.Location-based calendars, a virtual garden planner and an AI copilot, everything a gardener needs to plan the season and act on time.

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Monthly Selection

Monthly selection surfaces exactly what's best to grow this month, tuned to the gardener's location and weather.

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MonthlyPicks

Feature 01Monthly SelectionMonthly selection surfaces exactly what's best to grow this month, tuned to the gardener's location and weather.

Engineering

Technology & Development

Location-aware AI with recommendation calendars, garden planner and assistant.Engineered as a location-aware AI copilot, recommendation calendars, a virtual garden planner and a conversational assistant on one platform.

Client LayerUIDashboard, calendars, virtual garden and chat, responsive UI01
Context LayerGEOLocation and weather data driving every recommendation02
AI EngineAICalendars, lunar phases, sowing windows and companion planning03
AssistantCHATContext-aware conversational copilot over the gardener's data04

01Discovery & ArchitectureMapped calendar logic, the virtual-garden model and AI guidance flows.Phase 1
02UX / UI DesignDesigned a calm, natural command center for gardeners.Phase 2
03Frontend EngineeringBuilt calendars, the planner and the chat copilot, responsive throughout.Phase 3
04Backend & AIEngineered location/weather data, the recommender and the assistant.Phase 4
05QA & SecurityHardened data and accounts, then validated recommendations end to end.Phase 5
06Launch & IterateLaunched the copilot and iterated on recommendation quality.Live

Stack

React
Next.js
TypeScript
Node.js
REST APIs
Recommender
PostgreSQL
Redis
Geo + Weather
Lunar Engine
Sowing Model
Companion AI

System architecture

Gardener → location + weather → AI engine → calendars & planner

Live

UI

Client LayerDashboard, calendars, virtual garden and chat, responsive UI

SSR · responsive

GEO

Context LayerLocation and weather data driving every recommendation

Location · weather

AI

AI EngineCalendars, lunar phases, sowing windows and companion planning

Recommender

CHAT

AssistantContext-aware conversational copilot over the gardener's data

LLM

How we built it

6-phase delivery

01
Discovery & Architecture
Phase 1
Mapped calendar logic, the virtual-garden model and AI guidance flows.
02
UX / UI Design
Phase 2
Designed a calm, natural command center for gardeners.
03
Frontend Engineering
Phase 3
Built calendars, the planner and the chat copilot, responsive throughout.
04
Backend & AI
Phase 4
Engineered location/weather data, the recommender and the assistant.
05
QA & Security
Phase 5
Hardened data and accounts, then validated recommendations end to end.
06
Launch & Iterate
Live
Launched the copilot and iterated on recommendation quality.

Technology stack

16 technologies

Frontend4

Reactv18
Next.jsApp Router
TypeScriptv5
Tailwindv4

Backend4

Node.jsv20
REST APIs
RecommenderAI
LLM AssistantChat

Data & Cloud4

PostgreSQL
RedisCache
Geo + WeatherAPIs
Docker

Intelligence4

Lunar EnginePhases
Sowing Model
Companion AI
Tasks

Product Screens

Plan to harvest, one copilot

Browse dashboard, recommendations, calendars, virtual garden and AI chat.Glide through the live Eyden platform, dashboard, recommendations, calendars, the virtual garden planner and the AI chat.

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Philosophy

Design Approach

Calm design that makes garden intelligence simple and timely.A calm, natural design philosophy that turns complex gardening intelligence into clear, timely guidance anyone can follow.

CalmClarityTrustResponsive

Design pillars: 04
Accessibility: AA
Copilot: AI

Audience: Gardeners
Platform: Web App
Design system: Natural · 30+ tokens
Accessibility: WCAG AA

Every screen is shaped around the gardener, calm and clear first, intelligence made simple, and a timely next task always within reach.

Calendars Made SimpleDense seasonal intelligence presented as clear, glanceable picks.4
Tangible PlanningA virtual garden that turns a real space into an actionable layout.Virtual
Approachable AIA friendly copilot that answers in plain language, in context.Chat
Responsive & FastA snappy experience for the desk and the garden alike.100%

Calendars Made Simple
4Calendars
Dense seasonal intelligence presented as clear, glanceable picks.
Gardeners know what to do, when.
Clarity core
Tangible Planning
VirtualLayout
A virtual garden that turns a real space into an actionable layout.
Plans match the real garden bed for bed.
Planner
Approachable AI
ChatIn context
A friendly copilot that answers in plain language, in context.
Help is always one question away.
Copilot
Responsive & Fast
100%Responsive
A snappy experience for the desk and the garden alike.
Great on every device, optimised to load fast.
Responsive

Tokens

Design System

One green visual language across calendars, planner and chat.A cohesive natural visual language that keeps every calendar, planner and chat screen calm and consistent.

5Colors

6Type sizes

5Spacing

8Icons

4Breakpoints