What Is Petals? What Do You Need? How Do You Order Your First Label?

Wednesday, 9th April 2025

Petals is a simple, smart way to organise, track, and manage your plants.
Whether you care for a few cherished pots, a large garden, a plant collection, or a shared community space, Petals helps you keep clear, detailed records - from names and care instructions to planting dates, origins, and growth histories.

With Petals, you can quickly build a living digital record of your plants, making it easier to manage your collection over time while also preserving the memories and milestones that make each plant special.



What Is Petals?

Petals is a digital plant tagging system that helps you document and organise your plants more easily. Each Petals label contains NFC technology, the same kind of technology used in contactless payments. It allows you to tap it with your smartphone and instantly access a digital profile for the plant.

You can record detailed information such as the plant's name, genus, purchase location, planting or repotting dates, care notes, and photographs. As your plants grow and change, you can continue updating their profiles, building a complete and practical management record.

Petals is designed for flexibility - it can be used in private gardens, community gardens, plant collections, public spaces, or anywhere plants are grown and cared for. You can keep your records private or, if you choose, share individual plants or entire gardens with others.



Key Features of Petals

With Petals, you get more than just a smart label - you get a complete plant management system designed to grow with you.

Smart Plant Labels
Each plant is instantly linked to its digital record through a simple tap, making it easy to track and access your plants' information without needing manual lists or guesswork.

Detailed Plant Profiles
For every plant you tag, you can record care instructions, growth habits, soil preferences, purchase memories, planting notes, and more, ensuring a rich, useful record.

Visual Tracking
Petals lets you create a photographic diary of your plants. You can upload images of key moments, seasonal changes, and even original nursery or garden centre tags to keep a full historical view.

Curate Multiple Gardens
You're not limited to just one space. You can set up and manage multiple gardens within your account, whether that's a front garden, back garden, allotment, greenhouse, or nursery.

Garden Together
Petals makes collaboration easy. You can invite others to help you manage your gardens and plant labels, allowing friends, family, or community members to contribute updates and care information.

Online Sharing
You have the option to share the progress of your plants or entire gardens with others. Shareable links let you showcase your plants' stories without needing a public social media profile.



What Do You Need To Get Started?

Getting started with Petals is easy. All you need is a smartphone with NFC capability - something most modern phones already have - and a Petals smart label.

Petals offers traditional garden markers, adjustable wrap-around labels for trees and larger plants, and discreet NFC stickers that can be added to your own plant tags or signage.

Setting up is quick: simply tap a label with your phone to claim it, then begin creating your digital records.

There's no app to install and no subscription fees - just a straightforward way to manage your garden or plant collection with ease.



How To Order Your First Label

Ordering is simple. Choose the type of label that suits your plants - a ground marker, a branch label for larger plants, or a sticker for flexible use - and select the quantity you need.

Once your labels arrive, it only takes a few minutes to activate your first one. You can create a garden in your Petals account, add your plants, and start tracking their journeys right away - from planting through to maturity, with full notes, photos, and updates whenever you want to add them.

Petals grows with your garden, making management easy and helping you stay connected to every plant you care for.



Start Organising Your Garden With Petals

Good record-keeping is at the heart of great gardening. Petals gives you a simple, smart way to track your plants, manage their care, and preserve their stories - all with just a tap.

Order Your First Petals Smart Label Now

Try Petals Now!

Get a Trial Smart Plant Label – weather-resistant and includes full access to the Petals platform, all for just £3 with free shipping.

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