Large Garden

Large Garden is a farming building that lets you plant seeds you already own and grow them in a way that behaves like natural growth, but at 20% slower speed. It is useful when you want to move plant production out of wilderness tiles and into a controlled part of your colony without changing the basic behavior of the crop.

A major advantage of Large Garden is logistics: when you grow plants near your city, hauling time is much shorter than in remote wild areas, which makes it easier to keep production flowing. It does not require any special conditions for growth, so it can be built underground or almost anywhere else. Like natural plants, however, its growth stops during winter.

• Large Garden can be used to cultivate any seed you have in storage, making it a convenient way to centralize farming.
• It is especially effective when placed close to your workshops, storage, or housing, because shorter transport routes reduce downtime.
• Since it has no special terrain or light requirement, it can be used to expand farmland into underground construction projects.
• Winter still interrupts growth, so it does not fully replace seasonal planning.
• If you need tree-related resources instead of crops, Sap Camp fills a similar role for natural trees and can gather Syrup, Myrrh, Rubber, and Sulfur. Unlike logging, it can keep working in winter as long as the tree is not cut down.

Large Garden is best treated as a logistics-friendly farming option rather than a raw efficiency upgrade. Its lower growth speed is offset by convenience, making it a strong choice for stable colony production once you have enough seeds to support it.