r/gardening on SubMouse

About r/gardening

In its own words:

A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.

The community was created on Mar 20, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,433 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/politics (#84) and ahead of r/soccer (#86) in our ranking.

What sets r/gardening apart

r/gardening is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 6.8 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 16.2. For its size it is unusually busy: about 11.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 82% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 6.9× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/gardening went up from 9,017,976 to 9,036,839 subscribers (+18.9K, +0.21%). That is about 472 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/gardening, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

Join the Battle for Net Neutrality! Don't let the FCC destroy the internet!u/greentangent · Nov 21, 2017 · 75,842 points · 442 comments · link
My space potatoes, grown aboard the ISSu/astro_pettit · Mar 20, 2026 · gallery
Dragon fruits on my rooftop gardenu/momtazali · Jan 6, 2018 · 50,084 points · 1,237 comments · image
My rhododendron had a little visitor 🌸u/pinklattess · May 10, 2026 · image
My grandpa says we "need to get the word out" about how beautiful his Crepe Myrtle is.u/carbearnara · Sep 1, 2017 · 44,410 points · 962 comments · image
Something I grew just from seedsu/NickMeAnotherTime · Feb 16, 2025 · image
The happiest little bumblebee I’ve ever seenu/ThotsforTaterTots · Jun 26, 2025 · video
Unwrapping gifts from the garden, Glass Gem revealu/Phish97 · Aug 24, 2025 · video
My mother in law’s garden today.u/iklegemma · May 22, 2026 · image
My dads Wisteria, 20 years in the making.u/Isabella_Jean · May 6, 2026 · gallery

What r/gardening talks about

Looking at the titles of 666 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “garden”, “plant”, “help”, “tree” and “plants”. Other frequent themes are harvest, tomato, leaves, grow, growing and seeds. Recurring phrases include “tomato plant”, “passion fruit”, “late october” and “garden bed”. By format, 39% are galleries, 38% are images and 20% are text posts.

garden 43
plant 42
help 38
tree 34
plants 23
harvest 20
tomato 16
leaves 16
grow 16
growing 14
seeds 14
basil 14
tips 11
black 11
seed 11
winter 10
zone 10
love 10

Activity and best time to post

r/gardening gets about 100 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,184,194 posts and 8,010,340 comments in total, about 6.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (113 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (89). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026

Galleries 39%Images 38%Text posts 20%Videos 3%Links 1%

Rules of r/gardening

The moderators of r/gardening list 3 rules. In short:

No Advertising or Self-promotion
FAMILY-FRIENDLY! No Trolls in the Garden. No abusive or sexual content.
No Reposting Unless it's for a Good Reason.

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/gardening and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.

Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does r/gardening have?

r/gardening has 9,036,839 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #85 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 18,863 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

How old is r/gardening?

r/gardening was created on Mar 20, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.

How active is r/gardening?

Very active: r/gardening gets about 100 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,184,194 posts and 8,010,340 comments. In a sample of 666 recent posts we counted 599 different authors.

When is r/gardening most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/gardening about?

The community describes itself as: “A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.” Recent post titles often mention garden, plant, help, tree and plants. Most posts are galleries (39%).

Is r/gardening safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/gardening as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/gardening?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/gardening accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “No Advertising or Self-promotion”; “FAMILY-FRIENDLY! No Trolls in the Garden. No abusive or sexual content.”; “No Reposting Unless it's for a Good Reason.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/gardening?

Communities with similar topics include r/30PlusSkinCare (2.5M), r/cats (9.5M), r/aww (37.9M), r/travel (14.5M) and r/CryptoCurrency (10.2M).

Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/gardening.

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