Ask Rue
Have a question? Just ask.
Talk with Rue about your plants, share a photograph, and get help informed by the information you've saved about your garden.
See the tomato conversation at the top of this page.
Rue · Your Friend in the Garden
Your garden shouldn't start over every time you have a question.
Rue is a thoughtful AI-powered gardening companion. Ask questions, share what you're seeing, and keep what you know about your plants together — so the help you get fits the garden you're standing in.
Join the Waitlist
Our founding-gardener beta is underway. Rue is coming in early 2027.
A question from a real Rue conversation
Sound familiar?
You're paying attention. Holding onto it is the hard part.
You snap a photo, search, and find five answers that don't agree. You jot a note somewhere, forget when you planted the tomatoes, and weeks later wish everything you'd learned about your own garden were in one place. You don't have to know everything to start — you just need somewhere for it to live.
“Wait, when did I plant these?”
“Is that a problem, or just Tuesday?”
“What did I try last time?”
Something finally blooms and you want someone to be excited with you.
How Rue works
Five simple places to tend what you know.
Screens below are from the Rue beta app.
Start a Garden Walk
Take Rue along for a look around.
Share what you're noticing, one observation at a time. Ask questions, add photographs, or simply tell Rue about something that caught your eye.
Pick “Something doesn't look right” or “I noticed something beautiful” — Rue is there for the worries and the celebrations.
My Garden
A little home for the plants you're growing.
Keep plant profiles with names, varieties, planting dates, photographs, and notes, organized by garden bed.
Garden Notes
For the things you don't want to forget.
Make a reminder to check on a plant or tackle a gardening task. Keep track of what's coming up and what you've finished.
Your Garden Story
Because the little moments are worth remembering.
Revisit dated journal entries and recorded garden moments to see pieces of your garden's story come together over time.
Find it under View Garden Story or Garden Journal in the app.
Questions
Everything else you might be wondering
What exactly is Rue?+
A gardening companion that helps you understand what's happening in your garden, keep what you learn in one place, and grow more confident in your own observations. Think knowledgeable gardening friend, not instruction manual.
Is Rue a plant-identification app?+
Not quite. You can share a photo to help talk through what you're seeing, but the real value is keeping your plants, notes and garden moments together, so future conversations can begin with context instead of from zero.
Do I have to track everything I do?+
Nope. Add what feels useful — a plant in My Garden, a reminder in Garden Notes, a photo on a Garden Walk. Rue works with whatever you've shared.
Is Rue only for beginners?+
Not at all. Rue is designed especially with newer, returning and still-learning gardeners in mind — but gardens keep giving us new things to figure out no matter how long we've been at it.
Does Rue use AI?+
Yes, quietly, behind the scenes. It's what helps Rue understand your questions and connect them to what you've saved about your garden. But the point isn't the technology. The point is your garden.
When can I try Rue?+
Our founding-gardener beta is underway, and Rue is coming in early 2027. Join the waitlist at the bottom of this page and we'll let you know when it's ready.