Lifetime membership
Every Member benefit, forever. No recurring charge and no expiration date.
The first thousand.
A one-time, lifetime membership for the people who fund the Guild first. $200, once. The price never goes up and the membership never expires. When 1,000 spots are taken, the tier closes for good.
The Planters' Guild LLC is a for-profit publication. Founding Membership is a purchase, not a donation, and isn't tax-deductible.
Founding Member
Every Founding Member's name goes on the founding wall, in brass, at the physical Guild.
From checkout to the Guild.
What happens after you become a Founding Member, in order.
- At checkout
Choose how you're listed
Your name, a business, a pseudonym or anonymous, for the founding wall. Or leave it off entirely.
- Within minutes
Your welcome arrives
A receipt by email and a Founding welcome page with what comes next.
- Right away
The Members area opens
Sign in for the bench-notes, the member tools and every Founder's note so far.
- Every month
The Founder's note
A letter on what the Guild is building, what's working and what isn't.
- At the physical Guild
Your name in brass
The founding wall goes up at the building, with every Founding Member on it.
What a Founder gets, for life.
Everything a Member gets, without a renewal date, plus a place in the Guild's beginning.
The Members area
The bench-notes, the member tools and every Founder's note, behind one sign-in.
The Founder's note
A monthly letter from Christopher on what the Guild is building, before it goes public.
Your name in brass
On the founding wall at the future physical Guild. Your name, a pseudonym, or anonymous.
Founding privileges
Early entry at the physical Guild, the founding event, and moments held only for the original thousand.
The library stays free
Your $200 keeps every guide in the Plant Library, the Substrate Library and the Field Manual free to read.
Why ask before there's much to show.
The Planters' Guild is what I want plant writing to be: patient, honest, and checked against the evidence. The site you're reading is the beginning of it.
The Founding tier exists because I'd rather build this with a thousand people who chose to fund it than with investors who would change what it has to be. Your $200 pays for publishing now and for the physical Guild later, and it makes you one of the people who started it.
That's a different kind of relationship than a subscription, and I'll treat it that way. I'll write to you about what's working and what isn't.
Christopher GunnuscioFounder, The Planters' Guild
- Length
- Lifetime. No renewal, no expiration.
- Cap
- The first 1,000 Founding Members, then the tier closes permanently.
- Refund
- Full refund within 14 days, no questions asked. After that the membership is final.
- Tax
- Sales tax, where it applies, is calculated at checkout from your billing address.
- Who you're paying
- The Planters' Guild LLC, a for-profit company. This is a purchase, not a donation, and it isn't tax-deductible.
Before you decide.
Where does the $200 go?
Hosting, photography, the tools that run the Library and the Apprenticeship, and a reserve for the physical Guild. None of it pays the founder a salary.
What if the physical Guild never gets built?
Your lifetime membership in the publication continues regardless. The Members area, the bench-notes and the Founder's note don't depend on the building.
How will my name appear on the founding wall?
At checkout you choose: your name, a business name, a pseudonym, or anonymous. You can also leave it off entirely and still be a Founding Member. The wall goes up in brass at the physical Guild.
I'm already a Member. Can I switch?
Yes, while Founding spots remain. Pay the $200 Founding price and any unused Member subscription credit is applied.
Is this tax-deductible?
No. The Planters' Guild LLC is a for-profit company and Founding Membership is a purchase from it. If you'd like to give to garden access or horticulture education, look for a local nonprofit doing that work. Most counties have one.
$200 is more than I want to spend right now.
Membership starts at $5 a month, and one-time support can be any amount from $5. Everything the Guild publishes stays free to read either way. See all three ways to support.
Founding isn't the only way in. Membership starts at $5 a month, and reading is always free.
See all three ways to support