PatternBaseApple Tree Guild
Zones 4-6
ComfreyWhite CloverChivesYarrowDaffodilsStrawberry
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The Guild Starter Kit
3 ready-to-plant guild templates for your climate zone, a plant function cheat sheet, and a first-season observation checklist. Everything you need to plant your first guild this season.
What's inside
3 Guild Templates
Apple (zones 4-6), fig (zones 7-9), and citrus (zones 9-11). Each with companion plants, functional roles, and spacing guidance.
Plant Function Cheat Sheet
Quick-reference card for nitrogen fixers, dynamic accumulators, ground covers, pest confusers, and pollinator attractors.
First-Season Checklist
Month-by-month observation guide for year one. What to watch, what to measure, when to intervene.
Plant guilds outperform monocultures
A guild is a group of plants designed to support each other. Instead of growing one thing alone, you build a community where each plant fills a functional role: fixing nitrogen, attracting pollinators, suppressing weeds, or mining nutrients from deep soil.
Nitrogen Fixers
Dynamic Accumulators
Ground Covers
Pest Confusers
Pollinator Attractors
Producers
3 guild templates, 3 climate zones
Fig Guild
Zones 7-9
ComfreyCrimson CloverRosemaryLavenderSweet PotatoNasturtium
Citrus Guild
Zones 9-11
Pigeon PeaLemongrassSweet PotatoMarigoldBasilClover
Built by the team behind PatternBase, a permaculture design tool used by gardeners across 16+ USDA zones.
4,500+ plants in the database. 30 guild templates. Real observation data from real gardens.
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