Gardens, Assessments, Actions & Work

Understanding the core entities of Green Goods: how gardens coordinate impact, actions define tasks, and work creates verifiable records.

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What Is a Garden?

A Garden is a community hub for coordinating regenerative work in a specific bioregion or around a shared mission.

Garden as NFT

Each garden is represented as an ERC-721 NFT with special properties:

Garden NFT #1
├── Token ID: 1
├── Owner: Multisig or DAO
└── Account: Tokenbound Account (ERC-6551)
    ├── Can hold assets
    ├── Can execute transactions
    └── Has unique on-chain identity

Benefits of NFT gardens:

• 🪙 Ownership clarity: Clear who controls the garden

• 💰 Asset management: Gardens can hold tokens, NFTs

• 🤝 Transferable: Garden ownership can be transferred

• ⛓️ Composable: Gardens can interact with other protocols

Garden Components

Metadata:

• Name and description

• Geographic location

• Banner image (IPFS)

• Tags and categorization

Members:

• Gardeners: Workers who submit tasks

• Operators: Validators who approve work

Actions:

• Available tasks gardeners can complete

• Each with specific requirements

History:

• All work submissions

• All approvals/rejections

• Cumulative impact metrics

A garden coordinates members, actions, and work

The Root Garden

Every Green Goods deployment includes a Root Community Garden:

• Name: "Green Goods Community Garden"

• Purpose: Universal garden all users can join

• Auto-join: New gardeners added automatically

• Scope: General conservation and community actions

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Garden Assessments

Assessments are comprehensive evaluations of a garden's health and impact across the eight forms of capital.

Assessment Schema

Assessment {
  title: "Q1 2024 Biodiversity Assessment"
  assessmentType: "Quarterly"
  capitals: ["LIVING", "SOCIAL", "CULTURAL"]
  metricsJSON: "ipfs://Qm..." // Structured data
  evidenceMedia: ["ipfs://...", "ipfs://..."]
  impactAttestations: [0xabc..., 0xdef...] // Links to work
  startDate: 1704067200
  endDate: 1711929600
  location: "San Francisco Bay Area"
  tags: ["biodiversity", "restoration"]
}

Eight Forms of Capital

Assessments track impact across:

1. Living Capital: Biodiversity, soil, water

2. Material Capital: Physical infrastructure

3. Financial Capital: Money and assets

4. Social Capital: Relationships and trust

5. Intellectual Capital: Knowledge and skills

6. Experiential Capital: Lived wisdom

7. Spiritual Capital: Meaning and purpose

8. Cultural Capital: Traditions and identity

Creating Assessments

Who: Operators and evaluators When: Quarterly, annually, or milestone-based Purpose: Holistic impact measurement

Create comprehensive garden assessments

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Actions: Tasks for Gardeners

Actions define specific work gardeners can complete within a garden.

Action Structure

Action {
  id: 1
  owner: 0xGardenAccount...
  title: "Plant 10+ Native Trees"
  instructions: "ipfs://Qm..." // Detailed guide
  startTime: 1704067200 // Optional
  endTime: 1711929600 // Optional
  capitals: ["LIVING", "MATERIAL"]
  media: ["ipfs://..."] // Example photos
}

Action Lifecycle

1. Creation (by operator)

• Define task requirements

• Set metrics to track

• Upload example media

• Choose capital alignment

2. Active (available to gardeners)

• Gardeners see in app

• Can submit work

• Tracked for completions

3. Completed (optional)

• Deactivate after time window

• Keep for historical reference

• Archive if no longer relevant

Example Actions

Conservation:

• "Remove invasive blackberry bushes from 500 sqm area"

• "Plant 25 native oak seedlings along creek"

• "Install 3 nest boxes for native birds"

Monitoring:

• "Conduct biodiversity survey (photograph 10+ species)"

• "Test water quality at 3 locations"

• "Count bird species in restoration area"

Community:

• "Lead community planting workshop (10+ participants)"

• "Create educational signage for trail"

• "Organize neighborhood cleanup event"

Time-Bound Actions

Actions can have optional time windows:

Action: "Spring Planting"
Start: March 1, 2024
End: May 31, 2024
Status after end date: "Archived"

Use cases:

• Seasonal work (planting, harvest)

• Time-sensitive events

• Grant-funded projects with deadlines

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Work: Documenting Impact

Work is a gardener's submission documenting a completed action.

Work Submission Structure

Work Submission {
  actionUID: 1
  gardener: 0xabc...
  title: "Planted 25 oak trees at River Valley"
  feedback: "Great planting locations chosen"
  metadata: {
    species: "Quercus agrifolia",
    area: "500 sqm",
    treeCount: 25
  }
  media: [
    "ipfs://Qm.../before.jpg",
    "ipfs://Qm.../after.jpg",
    "ipfs://Qm.../closeup.jpg"
  ]
  timestamp: 1704067200
}

MDR Workflow

Work follows the Media → Details → Review pattern:

1. Media: Capture before/after photos

2. Details: Fill in metrics and context

3. Review: Confirm and submit

See detailed MDR workflow →

Work States

Pending ⏳

• Submitted by gardener

• Awaiting operator review

• Visible to operators only

Approved ✅

• Validated by operator

• On-chain attestation created

• Permanently recorded

Rejected ❌

• Did not meet standards

• Operator provided feedback

• Gardener can revise and resubmit

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Work Approvals

Work Approvals are operator validations of gardener submissions.

Approval Structure

Work Approval {
  actionUID: 1
  workUID: 0xabc...
  operator: 0xOperatorAddress...
  approved: true
  feedback: "Excellent documentation, trees well-spaced"
  timestamp: 1704153600
}

Approval Process

1. Operator Reviews:

• Check photo evidence

• Verify metrics reasonable

• Assess quality of documentation

2. Decision:

• Approve: Create on-chain attestation

• Reject: Provide constructive feedback

3. On-Chain Record:

• EAS attestation links work → approval

• Karma GAP impact attestation auto-created

• Permanent, verifiable record

Approval Best Practices

Operators should:

• ✅ Review within 24-48 hours

• ✅ Provide specific, constructive feedback

• ✅ Be consistent in standards

• ✅ Recognize exceptional work

Operators shouldn't:

• ❌ Approve without reviewing media

• ❌ Reject without clear feedback

• ❌ Apply inconsistent standards

• ❌ Delay reviews indefinitely

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Garden-Level Impact

All work aggregates to the garden level for holistic impact tracking.

Cumulative Metrics

Example garden dashboard:

Watershed Restoration Garden
├── Total work submissions: 127
├── Approved: 119 (94% approval rate)
├── Active gardeners: 23
├── Trees planted: 1,450
├── Area restored: 12,000 sqm
├── Species documented: 87
└── Community events: 15

Impact Reports

Gardens can generate reports for:

• Grant applications

• Community updates

• Research publications

• Funder accountability

Export formats:

• CSV (for Excel)

• JSON (for databases)

• PDF (formatted report)

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Gardens → Actions → Work Flow

graph TD
    A[Garden Created] --> B[Operator Creates Actions]
    B --> C[Gardeners See Available Actions]
    C --> D[Gardener Completes Work]
    D --> E[Gardener Submits via MDR]
    E --> F{Operator Reviews}
    F -->|Approve| G[On-Chain Attestation]
    F -->|Reject| H[Feedback to Gardener]
    H --> D
    G --> I[Aggregate to Garden Metrics]
    I --> J[Impact Reports]

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Multi-Garden Participation

Gardeners Can Join Multiple Gardens

Gardener Alice
├── Garden A: Urban Farm (5 work submissions)
├── Garden B: Creek Restoration (12 submissions)
└── Garden C: Community Garden (3 submissions)

Benefits:

• Diversify impact

• Contribute across bioregions

• Build varied portfolio

Operators Can Manage Multiple Gardens

Operator Bob
├── Manages Garden X
├── Co-manages Garden Y
└── No access to Garden Z

Garden-specific permissions:

• Operator in one garden ≠ operator in all gardens

• Each garden controls its own member list

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Garden Discovery

Finding Gardens

By Location:

• Filter by city, region, or country

• Map view (future)

By Interest:

• Tags: restoration, urban farming, education

• Capital focus: Living, Social, Cultural

By Invitation:

• Operators can invite gardeners directly

• Share garden invite links

Joining Gardens

Process:

1. Browse available gardens

2. Request to join (or get invited)

3. Operator approves membership

4. Start completing actions

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Advanced: Garden Templates (Future)

Coming soon: Pre-configured garden templates for common use cases:

• 🌳 Reforestation Garden: Actions for tree planting, monitoring

• 🌾 Urban Farm Garden: Actions for food production, education

• 🌊 Watershed Garden: Actions for water quality, habitat

• 🏫 Education Garden: Actions for workshops, outreach

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Learn More

• Roles & Responsibilities — How members interact with gardens

• MDR Workflow — Detailed work submission process

• Attestations — How work becomes permanent records

• Operator Guide: Managing Gardens

• Gardener Guide: Logging Work