Native Plant Care Signs
Printed care signs for 151 native plants, made for the Wild Ones native plant sale. Scan one to see on your phone how to grow the plant and what it feeds.
- 151
- native plants of the Capital Region, NY
- 81
- species in the 2026 plant sale
- 4×6
- inch printed signs with a QR code
- 7
- browse-by-purpose guides
Why
Wild Ones Capital Region holds a native plant sale every year. The sign in each pot tells you what the plant needs, what it feeds and whether it suits your garden; the page behind its QR code tells you the rest.
What I made
- Printed signs: 4×6 inches, with a photo, growing conditions, a few badges (such as “pollinator plant” or “deer resistant”) and a QR code.
- A phone page for every plant: flip the card for planting notes, fun facts and the wildlife it supports; search and filter all plants; save favourites to “My Plants”; detail photos from iNaturalist; planting tips for the current month.
- Browse-by-purpose guides: rain garden, shade, deer resistant, drought tolerant, pollinator plants, caterpillar host plants and bloom season.
How
Everything comes from one data file. For each new plant, a script fetches the species and its photos from iNaturalist; AI fills in growing conditions for the Capital Region, badges, fun facts, companion plants and planting steps; then one build makes the phone page, the printed sign and the print-ready image. Badges come from a fixed vocabulary, so all 151 signs read as one set.
Result
- February 2026: the first sign, with its QR code.
- April: final edits after review, sent to print.
- May: the plant sale. The site’s plant list showed only the 81 species on sale.
- August: all 151 species opened on the site, with the browse-by-purpose guides.