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GGC News: August 2025

Jenna Deane
Founder, GeoGardenClub

In this newsletter:

  • New annual subscription option
  • New feature: Simplified Task, Outcome, and Observation creation
  • Featured Gardener: Jess!

Click here for the full newsletter.

GGC App: 2.22.0 Release

Philip Johnson
Developer, GeoGardenClub

In this release:

Added:

  • Timeline choices are sticky
  • GGC App Icon now has a badge indicating if there are unread chats or obervations, or overdue tasks.

Fixed:

  • Startup "dark screen" eliminated.
  • Settings button is now a gear icon, not a clipped username.
  • App Review prompts take into account multiple device installations.
  • Misc bug fixes and performance improvements.

To get the app, see the Getting Started page.

GGC App: 2.21.0 Release

Philip Johnson
Developer, GeoGardenClub

In this release:

Added:

  • Support for accents and non-English characters in entity names.
  • Security and reliability improvements (AppCheck, Shorebird).

Changed:

  • Default Bed visibility changed to All Beds.
  • Improvements to crop and variety name caching.
  • Improvements to offsite backups.
  • Improvements to database access code.

Fixed:

  • Check for unique bed names fixed.
  • Fixed BadgeProcessor to eliminate level 0 badges.
  • Fixes to chapter-local crop name display.

To get the app, see the Getting Started page.

GGC at the 2025 National Grow Together Conference

Jenna Deane
Founder, GeoGardenClub

Jenna Deane will be hosting a workshop on ways that GeoGardenClub supports community and school gardens at the 2025 National GrowTogether Conference in New York City.

What: 2025 National GrowTogether Conference: Planting Seeds of Resilience
When: Saturday, June 7, 2025
Where: CUNY Graduate Center, New York, New York

For more details and to register: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/greenthumb-growtogether