Flowers In Bloom!
The annual Grow-A-Thon has returned to the Commons! Whack the bushes and gather their bounty so that you can plant flowers and trees in the Event area to make yourself a gorgeous garden. Impress the judges every 20 hours to earn Spring tokens to buy this year's Custom Items. You need to impress the previous judge to get a rating from the next one.
Plus, fill your magnificent garden with critters! There are 5 to get throughout the event, starting with the Squirrel today!
You can send out requests for a free one.
Many Quests!
George has such a terrible green thumb, he'll be looking for you to help him out trying to grow a plant for the first (or fourth) time.
Spring usually means spring cleaning, right? Freddy needs some help cleaning up his house. It's gotten a little bit spooky. Cleaning items can only be whacked in his house.
Timmy wants to wake his turtle up from its hibernation after that long, cold winter. Aid him in finding things to tempt it back to consciousness.
Have too many seeds? There are things you can spend them on:
- 10 Fertilizer, once daily
- The Spring Gift Bouquet, once daily (alternatively to buying for Spring Tokens)
- Resetting the cooldown on the critic's judging of your garden
For players level 400+, Farmer McDonald will reward you with Tier 2 Spring Fruit and Spring Vegetable seeds! These crops will yield energy and gold balanced for your higher level.
Gorgeous Garden Contest
Returning is the Gorgeous Garden contest, where each Bush Whacker submits a screenshot of their garden for all to judge! Check back next week for more details.
New for 2023
This year's update includes:
- 6 tiers of VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- 3 new bee pets!
- 2 new garden flowers!
- 3 new garden decorations!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new 2023 holiday 100% reward!
Holiday Rubber Duckies
If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Spring Rubber Ducky! Collect them all to fill out the holiday duck pond, released later this year!
More Bees!
Joel has three new species of bees for you to choose from after you complete his bee helping quests! They are the Golden Tail Bee, Green Sweat Bee, and Purple Orchid Bee.
More Decorations!
Two new growable decorations have been added: the Blue Rose and Pink Daffodil! Plant seeds for these in your garden boxes in the event area. These can also be bought permanently from Joel at the left of the event area.
Nine new garden items can be bought for seeds:
- Stone Path
- White Bench
- Log Bench
- Wood Bench
- Long Wire Fence
Achievements
-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are a total of TWENTY THREE possible achievements to earn in this year's Spring Garden event.
Returning Achievements
Flower Master- You've grown 1 of each common plant in the Spring Event!
Beast Master- You've gotten every animal in the Spring Event.
Spring Decorator- You've bought 3 of each planter and 1 Watering Can.
Impressive- You impressed all of the Gardening Judges in the Spring Event.
Most Impressive- You got the highest mark from the final Gardening Judge in the Spring Event!
Five Days at Freddy's - Complete all of Freddy's Spring Daily Quests!
Spring Botanist - You collected flowers for all the Spring Garden judges.
Beekeeper - You completed the Spring Garden beehive quests.
Bee Buddy - Help Joel make Bushwhackia a better place for the bees.
Bug Collector - Help Satoshi expand his bug collection.
Garden Critic - Vote 50 times in the Gorgeous Garden Photo contest.
Onionling Sheperd - Round up all 100 Onionlings during the Spring Garden event.
New Achievements
Dewy Duds - You bought all the 2023 Spring Garden event items!
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Retired Achievements
We also have 10 achievements
from previous years which may be earnable by spending Bush Bucks if you missed getting them the first time around.
Blossom Buyer - You bought all the 2022 Spring Garden event items!
Planter Purchases - You bought all the 2021 Spring Garden event items!
Flowery Frills - You bought all the 2020 Spring Garden event items!
Ripe Raiments - You bought all the 2019 Spring Garden event items!
Garden Gatherer - You bought all the 2018 Spring Garden event items!
Organic Acquisitions - You bought all the 2017 Spring Garden event items!
Spring Token Trader - You bought all the 2016 Spring Garden event items!
Garage Sale Connoisseur - Purchase all the 2015 Spring Event items!
Spring Spender- Purchase all the 2014 Spring Event items!
Fresh Year Round- Purchase all the 2013 Spring Event items!
*The mini-golf piece is not required for the Dewy Duds achievement.
A Growing Companion!
Mount Packs
To kick off the event, we're having a sale! Get 30% more on purchase of 50 Bush Bucks or more! Plus, all new mounts are available this weekend, from May 12th to 15th!
The Verdant Felis mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!
The Floral Felis and Vengeful Felis are in packs containing 100 Bush Bucks, 10 Pristine Feed Vouchers, and a VIP Voucher! These two mounts produce their own unique sparkly particles when you ride them!
Pet Packs
Three new pets can be picked up May 19th to 22nd in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle! From left-to-right they are the Blooming Armadillo, Cattypillar, and White Bat!
Post your green thumb adventures and questions on the forum!
The event will run until Friday May 26th at 12 PM PDT!
View the full Change Log
Frequently Asked Questions
- How can I find the seeds?
Just keep whacking. The Holiday Item runes and pets will help attract them as well.
- How do I grow plants?
There are the planters outside the garden to grow flowers in. If you click on them, you can see the plant store. Each plant has a different cost and grow time to get you your event progress points. You start with 4 free planters.
- Is it good to buy extra planters for growing the plants?
If you have the seeds to spare and prefer to plant long-growing plants, then yes, it's worth it.
- How do I get the Decorator achievement?
If you go into the gardening area, the store button ($) has a selection of garden decorating items, where you can find the planter styles and watering can. These items also cost seeds.
- What are the possible seed combinations for Farmer MacDonald's quest?
You can choose seeds that grow either Energy or Gold, and then choose between 20, 15, 4, and 3 hours of growth time.
- Why do my custom seeds cost Gold to plant?
You created the combination, which is unlocked until they expire. Just like normal plants, they cost Gold for planting. We don't award a flat number of seeds, because not all players have the same amount of farm plots. This way, you get to choose how many you end up growing. :)
- Why don’t my custom seeds last longer?
Because they're OP! Enjoy them while they last. :)
- How do I please the judges?
Just keep growing plants. As your event progress increases, you will impress the judges more and more. You DO NOT need to place them in your garden if you don't wish to. The plants still count for progress.
- Does the Timey-Wimey watch or Time Turner affect the judges?
No, judges do not have quest cooldowns, so trinket effects that work for quests will not apply to them.
- What adds to my event progress?
Growing plants worth points and completing the side quests. To get the points from your plants, you don't even need to place them in your garden! Just grow them!
- Do I have to do the achievements?
No. Completing the goals for the achievements is totally optional. You get either a large energy pack or a title for your character from them, no event progress.
- Where can I see all the achievements available and how to get them?
Either on the holiday dialog, the achievements dialog, or on the blog.
