Club Rules

Every gardener may submit one nomination per UTC calendar day to the Botanical Registry. Nominate an individual flower already in your Garden or an eligible completed collection. Adding flowers to your personal Garden does not use your nomination.

More than one gardener may register the same flower or collection. Everyone deserves an opportunity for botanical recognition.

Each gardener may have one active entry for the same flower combination or collection in a season. Rejected or withdrawn entries stay in your history, and you may nominate again using a later day’s allowance. Withdrawing does not refund that day’s nomination.

Garden Club members may personally inspect and verify one another’s accepted entries in Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Confirm only an inspection you have actually made.

One valid inspection makes an accepted Registry entry Verified. Additional valid inspections add to that entry’s verification count. A gardener may give one community verification—also called an endorsement—per UTC calendar day through Verify Entry. Each account may endorse a particular entry only once, and no gardener may inspect their own entry.

Owners may open or close their entry to community inspections. Closing stops new community inspections but preserves those already recorded and the entry’s verification status. Committee-authorized inspections may follow separately numbered rules and allowances.

For each flower type or completed collection, the Registry recognizes three special distinctions among its individual entries:

First Submitted — The gardener who submitted the earliest eligible entry, even while it awaits review. A rejected or withdrawn entry cannot retain the honor.

First Verified — The gardener whose accepted entry first received a valid verification, whether from a community inspection or an authorized Committee inspection.

Most Verified — The gardener whose individual entry has received the most valid verifications. This living distinction may change as inspections accumulate. On a tie, the current holder keeps it. If there is no holder, the entry that first reached the tied count takes it; any remaining tie is settled in a deterministic order.

Invalidated inspections may require the Committee to recalculate honors. A gardener may hold more than one honor for the same flower or collection.

Verified entries contribute to their gardener’s Garden Order. Each verified entry counts once, however many endorsements it receives. Orders also receive recognition for the three Registry honors.

Order affiliations are recorded when nominations and inspections are made. Changing Orders does not move an entry’s recorded affiliation. The Committee encourages a friendly botanical rivalry.

Entries may await review, be accepted, be rejected, or be withdrawn. Submission status and verification status are separate: acceptance alone does not make an entry Verified. One valid inspection establishes Verified status. Every entry keeps its own inspection availability, verification count, and verification status. Check your submissions and correspondence at the Committee’s Desk.

During Beta Season, nominations are self-reported and provisionally accepted without screenshot evidence. Return the next UTC day to open the Committee’s response. Beta recognition is not an automated check of your game inventory.

Complete every requirement listed for the collection you nominate. Extra copies of one flower do not replace a missing requirement. Where the collection permits any valid secondary color, any permitted secondary qualifies.

Collections follow their published catalog version, so an older collection’s requirements and history do not silently change.

Records and honors belong to their Committee season. The current book is Beta Season, and its records are provisional. Launch and future seasonal events will have their own books. Closing a season preserves its history in the Committee Logs.

Garden Club sharing and blocking controls still apply. Private entries stay private, even when they contribute to anonymous Registry totals. Inspection names appear according to each gardener’s sharing settings.

The Committee may invalidate inspections and recalculate affected verification counts, honors, and Prestige. Administrative corrections retain an audit history; the original record does not quietly vanish beneath the blotter. Recognition is for honest gardening, rather than repeated votes or duplicate entries.

Personal Prestige recognizes contributions to the Botanical Registry during the current season. Adding flowers to a personal Garden, importing a collection, or owning duplicates does not earn it. A qualifying community inspection of another gardener's eligible entry earns the inspector +1 Personal Prestige. The entry owner does not earn Personal Prestige merely because an ordinary community endorsement was received. Daily and one-inspection-per-entry limits still apply. Separately numbered seasonal rules may grant additional Prestige for specific inspection methods.

The holder of First Submitted receives +10 Personal Prestige when that entry is accepted. The first accepted entry to receive a valid verification earns First Verified and +20 Personal Prestige for its gardener, whether the inspection was made by a community member or authorized by the Committee. Most Verified is settled once at the end of the season and awards +30 to its final holder. Registry honors and their earned points remain in the historical record.

Personal Prestige earned and its current balance are separate: a gardener may give away their balance without erasing what they earned. Personal Prestige begins again at zero each season. Rule 024 defines the standing Order score; a seasonal challenge may award separate points under its own rule. Beta Season remains its own competition.

Garden Club members may vote for the official color of Beta Season from Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Each member may plant one final vote per Vine during Beta Season. Submitted votes cannot be changed or withdrawn. Votes are counted continuously, and the leading option is the current official designation. The current leader stays in effect during a tie; an initial tie uses the published option order. A change in the leading option changes this Vine’s effect, not its rule number. This is a separate ballot from the species vote in Rule 012. Neither ballot uses the daily nomination or verification allowance.

Rule 011 is a living Vine. Its current color can change when another option takes the lead. The earlier, unrestricted Beta color ballot was voided and reopened with the seven rainbow options; every gardener may vote again. This correction remains in the Committee's history. The chosen color belongs to Beta Season. Any effect on nominations, verification, or prestige must be announced in a separately numbered seasonal rule; this rule introduces no bonus or penalty.

Garden Club members may vote for the official flower species of Beta Season. Each member may plant one final vote per Vine during Beta Season. Submitted votes cannot be changed or withdrawn. Votes are counted continuously, and the leading option is the current official designation. The current leader stays in effect during a tie; an initial tie uses the published option order. A change in the leading option changes this Vine’s effect, not its rule number. This is a separate ballot from the color vote in Rule 011. Neither ballot uses the daily nomination or verification allowance.

Rule 012 is a living Vine. Its current species can change when another option takes the lead. Previous outcomes and votes remain in the season’s history. The chosen species belongs to Beta Season. Any effect on nominations, verification, or prestige must be announced in a separately numbered seasonal rule; this rule introduces no bonus or penalty.

Members of the Merry Meadowkeepers may cast one final vote from 1 to 100 for the number of clicks in their Order's joining pledge. The current requirement is the nearest whole-number average of valid votes, with halves rounded upward. Until the first vote, the established requirement is 10 clicks. A new pledge uses the current requirement when it begins; a pledge already in progress keeps the number it began with. Votes cannot be changed or withdrawn.

Members of the Merry Meadowkeepers may cast one final vote for their Order's color of Beta Season from colors outside Rule 011's seven rainbow choices. The color with the most votes is the current designation. A tie keeps the current leader; an initial tie follows the published option order. Until the first vote, Lime remains the Order's established color. This designation carries no prestige bonus.

Members of the Ghostgleam Guild may cast one final vote from 1 to 100 for the number of clicks in their Order's joining pledge. The current requirement is the nearest whole-number average of valid votes, with halves rounded upward. Until the first vote, the established requirement is 25 clicks. A new pledge uses the current requirement when it begins; a pledge already in progress keeps the number it began with. Votes cannot be changed or withdrawn.

Members of the Ghostgleam Guild may cast one final vote for their Order's color of Beta Season from colors outside Rule 011's seven rainbow choices. The color with the most votes is the current designation. A tie keeps the current leader; an initial tie follows the published option order. Until the first vote, Lilac remains the Order's established color. This designation carries no prestige bonus.

Members of the Rainbow Reef Society may cast one final vote from 1 to 100 for the number of clicks in their Order's joining pledge. The current requirement is the nearest whole-number average of valid votes, with halves rounded upward. Until the first vote, the established requirement is 40 clicks. A new pledge uses the current requirement when it begins; a pledge already in progress keeps the number it began with. Votes cannot be changed or withdrawn.

Members of the Rainbow Reef Society may cast one final vote for their Order's color of Beta Season from colors outside Rule 011's seven rainbow choices. The color with the most votes is the current designation. A tie keeps the current leader; an initial tie follows the published option order. Until the first vote, Warm Pink remains the Order's established color. This designation carries no prestige bonus.

Members of the Cloud Gardeners may cast one final vote from 1 to 100 for the number of clicks in their Order's joining pledge. The current requirement is the nearest whole-number average of valid votes, with halves rounded upward. Until the first vote, the established requirement is 60 clicks. A new pledge uses the current requirement when it begins; a pledge already in progress keeps the number it began with. Votes cannot be changed or withdrawn.

Members of the Cloud Gardeners may cast one final vote for their Order's color of Beta Season from colors outside Rule 011's seven rainbow choices. The color with the most votes is the current designation. A tie keeps the current leader; an initial tie follows the published option order. Until the first vote, Sky remains the Order's established color. Earlier votes for an ineligible rainbow color were voided when the options were corrected. This designation carries no prestige bonus.

Members of the Hothead Horticulturists may cast one final vote from 1 to 100 for the number of clicks in their Order's joining pledge. The current requirement is the nearest whole-number average of valid votes, with halves rounded upward. Until the first vote, the established requirement is 100 clicks. A new pledge uses the current requirement when it begins; a pledge already in progress keeps the number it began with. Votes cannot be changed or withdrawn.

Members of the Hothead Horticulturists may cast one final vote for their Order's color of Beta Season from colors outside Rule 011's seven rainbow choices. The color with the most votes is the current designation. A tie keeps the current leader; an initial tie follows the published option order. Until the first vote, Coral remains the Order's established color. This designation carries no prestige bonus.

A gardener may voluntarily surrender their entire current seasonal Personal Prestige balance for the advancement of their present Garden Order. The whole positive balance moves to that Order's Order Prestige in one recorded contribution. No partial gift is permitted in Beta Season. A gift cannot be undone.

The gardener keeps the record of how every point was earned, and may earn and give again later. Changing Orders never moves an earlier gift; the receiving Order keeps it. No Order vote can create official Personal or Order Prestige.

Rule ID: ggg-order-prestige-001. Authority: the Garden Committee.

An Order's prestige reflects its members and their contributions to the Garden Club.

Every Order earns +1 Prestige for each current member, +1 Prestige for each accepted Botanical Registry submission, and +1 Prestige for every Personal Prestige point gifted to the Order.

When a gardener leaves an Order, their membership point leaves with them. Past submissions and gifts remain credited to the original Order.

Orders with equal Prestige share the same standing.

As a Root, this rule remains in effect unless formally amended by the Garden Committee.

During Beta Season, a gardener may email a screenshot of an accepted individual flower or completed collection entry to julian@figpdx.com. Include the Registry entry ID in the subject and attach a clear screenshot showing the nominated flower or collection. The Committee will examine it and may take up to three days to record its decision.

If the Committee approves the screenshot, it records one valid Registry verification. This can establish Verified status and contribute to First Verified or Most Verified. Only one screenshot verification may be recorded per entry. This inspection uses neither the gardener's daily nomination nor a member's daily community endorsement. The Committee reviewer earns no endorsement Prestige; under this Beta Season rule, the submitting gardener earns +1 Personal Prestige for an approved screenshot inspection. Other gardeners may still inspect the same entry in game.

An email is a request for review, not an automatic verification. The screenshot itself is not published in the Registry. Withdrawn or rejected entries cannot receive a new screenshot verification.

A gardener disputing a grow must cite the numbered Garden Code rule or Season Challenge clause on which the objection rests. The Committee records the citation with the concern so its members know which horticultural principle is allegedly at stake. For an Ombré field, cite Season Challenge S26.4.2 — The Ombré Challenge. Historical inspection records may use its former Rule 026 identifier.

New grow disputes without a relevant rule citation will not enter the Committee's minutes. Concerns filed before this rule took effect remain valid and may still be decided. A citation does not, by itself, prove the objection; the Committee must still examine the grow. The Committee considers this an entirely reasonable amount of paperwork.

The Golden Flower is a single living distinction held by the gardener with the largest valid tracked flower collection. It is a botanical award, separate from membership level, Garden Order, Prestige, and the Registry's permanent honors. Green, Blue, and Violet gardeners are equally eligible.

The Committee's trusted garden record recalculates the holder when a synced Garden changes. A gardener must surpass the current holder to take the Golden Flower; a tie leaves it in the holder's care. If no holder exists, tied gardens are resolved by a consistent published account ordering. Deleted and invalid entries do not count. Gardeners cannot appoint themselves.

During Beta Season, the Garden tracks whether each flower variety is collected, but does not yet record duplicate physical quantities. The Golden Flower therefore uses the count of valid tracked varieties, one per variety, until quantity tracking is introduced. Its current holder and count are shown in the Club and on the holder's profile. This distinction may move again when another garden grows larger.