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How many gardeners?
Pick your player count. The rest of this setup guide will adjust automatically.
PLAYERS
56Flower Deck
3Active Awards
NoWildflowers
This guide shows the standard setup. Wildflowers may also be added to smaller games as an optional variant; see the full rules for that setup.
1 · Flower Deck
Build the Flower Deck
Shuffle all 56 Base Flower cards.
56 Flower cards
12 Parlay cards
4-player setup
- Use all 56 Base Flower cards.
- Shuffle them together.
- Place the deck face-down.
3–4 players: use all 56 Base Flower cards.
2 · First Player & Hands
Pick first player. Deal clockwise.
Use this dealing chart. The highlighted row is your selected player count.
| Players | Starting hands, clockwise | Visual |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 / 4 | / |
| 3 | 3 / 3 / 4 | / / |
| 4 | 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 | / / / |
| 5 | 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 | / / / / |
| 6 | 3 / 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 / 4 | / / / / / |
↻ PLAY & DEAL CLOCKWISE
After dealing, place all remaining Flower cards face-down as the Flower Deck.
3 · Tokens
Give everyone their tokens
Favor is part of every standard game. Substitute tokens are only needed when Wildflowers are in the Flower Deck.
Favor Token
FAVOR
Give 1 Favor token to every player.
Every standard gameSubstitute Token
SUB
Give 1 Substitute token/cube to every player when using Wildflowers.
Not needed4 players: Favor tokens only in the standard game.
4 · Awards
Reveal the Awards
Awards stay visible so everyone knows what the garden is competing for.
3
Active Awards
Reveal 1 Award card side and use all 3 Awards shown.
2–4 players: reveal 1 Award side and use all 3 Awards.
5 · Put it on the table
Set up each Growing Area
Each player keeps their personal area in the same simple layout.
Harvested Bouquets
Growing Area · 2 Flower Beds
PLAYER 1
PLAYER 2
PLAYER 3
PLAYER 4
PLAYER 5
PLAYER 6
4 players · Flower Deck · Awards
Harvested Bouquets stay to the left. Your Growing Area has up to 2 Flower Beds, and each Bed holds up to 3 cards.
Setup complete
Start growing.
4-player game ready
56-card Flower Deck
Hands: 3 / 3 / 4 / 4
1 Favor token each
3 active Awards
Pick the first player, then play clockwise. The gameplay quick guide can teach the rest.
SETUP · 4 PLAYERS