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Product case study / A Forgewick studio project

From “where do I start?” to a first harvest.

We created The First Harvest Garden Planner for the question every new grower asks: what should I plant, where, and when? It turns that into something a reader can use: a sun map, a bed or pot plan, a sowing calendar built from their frost dates and simple logs for the season.

32 pages12-month sowing calendar6 printable worksheetsFree studio sample · PDF · 0.5 MB

Self-initiated studio project showing the quality of our work. General gardening guidance; climates and local rules vary. It has not launched with a creator or generated sales.

The actual cover of The First Harvest Garden Planner, a Forgewick studio edition with an illustrated raised bed, tomato and bean plants and a watering can

THE CASE STUDY

One reader problem.
A complete product.

The brief: help a first-time grower with a small yard, a balcony or a few pots get from good intentions to a first harvest they are proud of.

We grounded the guide in university extension and Royal Horticultural Society advice: start small, find six to eight hours of sun, choose deep containers, plan around frost and water to the soil. Every chapter turns that into one decision the reader can make.

The finished edition combines original writing, a consistent illustrated style, a worked first season and six printable tools. In a partner edition, the creator's own growing experience, region and methods shape every page.

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  1. 01

    Plan your space

    Sun, size, beds or pots, soil and frost dates.

  2. 02

    Choose and schedule crops

    A beginner shortlist, seed packets, a sowing calendar and a bed plan.

  3. 03

    Grow, care and harvest

    Watering, mulch, feeding, frost, harvest and a worked season.

  4. 04

    Keep the useful tools

    Six printable worksheets and a one-page summary.

The editorial work
Four sections, a beginner crop shortlist and a fictional worked season. Sun, container, frost, watering and produce-washing statements were checked against university extension, RHS, USDA and FDA sources and cited in the book.
The design work
32 individually laid-out pages, original vector garden illustrations, a sun map, a bed-plan grid, a 12-month sowing calendar and six worksheets designed for printing.
The finished deliverable
A complete, downloadable PDF with clickable contents and a watermark on every page. All 32 pages were rendered and visually reviewed.
Page 5: find your sun, with an illustrated sun chart across four times of day
05 / Map the sun before you plant.
Page 13: build your sowing calendar from your last spring frost, with a worked example
13 / A calendar built from your frost date.
Page 27: a printable twelve-month sowing calendar worksheet
27 / A tool the reader can put to use.
Original illustration from the ebook: a raised vegetable bed, a staked tomato plant, beans, a potted lettuce and a watering can

HOW YOUR EDITION WOULD BEGIN

Your content.
Your ideas. Your name.

We study your content and the questions your audience keeps asking, and build the ebook around them, including anything you suggest. If you'd like, it carries your name, branding and voice.

This sample shows the level of work we produce for partners. It is a demo of our work, not a fixed product or price.

THE PARTNERSHIP

You share it.
We build and run everything else.

We set everything up

Research, writing, design, the sales page, checkout, digital delivery and customer support, from development through to sales.

You introduce it your way

Review and approve the finished ebook, then share it with your audience however feels natural: posts, Reels, Stories or the link in your bio.

Priced together. Paid transparently.

The price is agreed between you and our team, based on our analysis of your audience and your own input. Sales run on Whop, an independent platform where you can see every sale. Revenue is split 50/50 after Whop's fees, and your share is allocated to you automatically, paid out to the bank account you add.

A PRODUCT WITH YOUR POINT OF VIEW

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love to have in their hands?

Tell us what you create and the questions your audience keeps asking. We'll come back with a product idea tailored to you.

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