PatternBaseFree lifetime Steward access
New accounts from the creator invite are auto-upgraded to lifetime Steward with no expiration date.
Creator Program
Free lifetime PatternBase for creators, with every feature unlocked.
This invite grants full Steward access so you can teach with live workflows, current dashboards, and complete permaculture system planning from one platform.
Plan included
Steward (Lifetime)
Library access
4,500+ plants
Payment required
None
New signups from this page are tagged with creator referral and upgraded to lifetime Steward access.
What you get right now
Every workspace unlocked
Guilds, zones, sectors, soil, water, animals, audit, carbon, biodiversity, economics, and calendar are all included.
4,500+ plants and template library
Start from a deep plant reference plus seeded templates you can adapt, remix, and apply to gardens.
Guided planning + analytics
Use guided planning support and ongoing performance dashboards while you document and teach real system outcomes.
Community publishing
Share templates in the marketplace and show your audience complete design workflows with live data.
Founder feedback loop
Direct creator feedback helps shape roadmap priorities and improves tools your audience uses.
Your command center
One dashboard with seasonal context, planting priorities, soil health, and community activity. Everything you need to run and teach from.
Guild design with functional overlays
Build plant communities with companion signals, nitrogen fixation, pollinator support, and food production layers visible at a glance.
Track what matters
Carbon sequestration and biodiversity metrics give you real numbers to show in your content, not just qualitative claims.
Site-first planning tools
Zone planning and sector analysis help you design around real site forces. Great for walkthroughs and teaching design process.
Design completeness audit
Score your garden across permaculture domains and find the gaps before they become problems. A built-in teaching framework.
What I'm building next
What's coming for creators who want field tools, bioregional intelligence, and open science infrastructure.
Mobile companion app
Capture observations, photos, and quick updates in the field, then sync directly into full design workflows.
Bioregional pattern maps
See what's thriving across gardens in your climate, soil, and rainfall zone. As more growers document, the patterns get clearer. Real evidence, not anecdotes.
Open data for research
Anonymized growing data accessible to universities and extension services. Your garden documentation contributes to real science.
Earth Care Fund
Permaculture teaches three ethics: earth care, people care, fair share. We're building the third one into the business model.
25% of PatternBase revenue goes directly to regenerative agriculture projects: land access programs, community food forests, and permaculture education where it's needed most.
This is how we think a tool built on permaculture principles should work.
Creator pricing defaults to Steward
Creator invites open directly on lifetime Steward access, so you can get started with the full toolkit immediately.
You can also view this invite plan from the pricing page.
Ready to set up your creator account?
Join with the creator invite and you will land on lifetime Steward access with the full PatternBase toolkit unlocked.
Invite applies to new creator-link signups and includes the full Steward feature set at no cost.