Get ready for the Garden Games event, a fun F2P-friendly carnival-style challenge in Grow a Garden where you complete gardening tasks to earn Carrot Coins and spin a roulette wheel for exclusive rewards. This guide will help you jump straight into the action and maximize your rewards.

This follows directly after the New Year's Event (Dec 27, 2025 - Jan 3, 2026), starting on the same day it ends. For details on the previous event, check out the New Years Shop guide for 2026 event.

Here's everything you need to know about the event:

Event Duration: January 3, 2026 (starting 1 AM ET / 6 AM UTC), ending January 10, 2026.
Objective: Complete gardening tasks to earn Carrot Coins.
Use Carrot Coins: Spend them to spin the roulette wheel located in the town square.
Rewards: Win seeds, pets, cosmetics, and more from the wheel. All prizes are limited-time.
NPC Greg: Your main contact for tasks, found next to the roulette wheel.

How to Access the Garden Games Event and NPC Greg

Launch Grow a Garden during the event dates.
Head to the town square (center of the map).
Locate the roulette wheel at the center.
Find NPC Greg standing at a stall beside the wheel.
Interact with Greg to open the task interface and start your event journey.

Understanding and Completing Tasks

Tasks are your key to earning Carrot Coins. They come in three difficulty levels, each rewarding different amounts of coins:

Easy Tasks (1 Carrot Coin):

Plant 10 Carrots
Plant 2 Blueberries
Harvest 10 Strawberries
Harvest 20 Blueberries
Harvest 10 Carrots

Medium Tasks (2-3 Carrot Coins):

Plant 200 Carrots
Plant 50 Blueberries
Plant 40 Bamboo
Plant 30 Daffodils
Plant 30 Buttercups
Plant 10 Mushrooms
Plant 5 Pumpkins
Plant 5 Watermelons
Plant 4 Mangoes
Plant 4 Dragon Fruits
Harvest 100 Carrots
Harvest 300 Blueberries
Harvest 100 Corn
Harvest 100 Bamboo
Harvest 150 Tomatoes
Harvest 75 Apples
Harvest 40 Cactus
Harvest 30 Buttercups
Harvest 50 Mangoes
Harvest 30 Daffodils

Hard Tasks (3-4 Carrot Coins Reward):

Play for 300, 600, 900, or 1800 minutes
Earn 100k, 500k, 1M, 2M, or 10M Sheckles
Play with 1 friend
Give 25 fruits to a friend
Like gardens 3 times

Tasks refresh every 30 minutes, and Greg only shows a portion of tasks at a time, so check back often. For more tips on maximizing your garden's growth and task efficiency, see our Beginner’s Guide & Tips.

Earning and Spending Carrot Coins

Complete tasks to earn Carrot Coins.
Each task rewards a set number of coins based on difficulty.
Collect enough coins to spin the roulette wheel.
Coins are consumed each time you spin.

Each spin consumes Carrot Coins (typically 1 per spin based on player reports).

How to Spin the Roulette Wheel and Win Rewards

Go to the town square and stand near the roulette wheel.
Interact with the wheel.
Click the carrot icon in the middle to spin.
Wait for the wheel to stop and see your prize.

The wheel rewards are random based on where the pointer lands; spin more for better chances to win rare items.

Rewards Overview

The roulette wheel can award:

Seeds: Including rare options like Kernel Curl Seed and limited-time Bonanza Bloom Seed (available in Seed Shop with Sheckles or Robux during the event).
Crates: Carnival Crates and Kernel Curl crates containing cosmetics.
Carnival Eggs: Hatch into event pets like Unicycle Monkey (movement speed boost), Performer Seal (growth speed via ball game), Bear on Bike (Whimsical mutation every 20 min). Learn more about event pets in our New Year’s Egg Pets 2025 guide.
Other: Pets and cosmetics to boost growth and customize gardens or avatars.

Rewards are random; exact drop rates are not publicly detailed.

Optimization Tips and Strategies

Use Pets: Invest in Grow a Garden pets before or during the event to speed up plant growth and complete tasks faster.
Plant Kernel Curl: Use if obtained from the wheel; it boosts growth speed of nearby crops to complete tasks faster.
Bonanza Bloom Seed: Limited-time seed purchasable in the Seed Shop using Sheckles or Robux.
Plan Planting: Focus on plants required for medium and hard tasks to earn more Carrot Coins per effort.
Task Rotation: Check back every 30 minutes for new tasks from Greg.
Fruit Gifting: Gift 25 fruits (any type from your garden) to the same friend multiple times to complete gifting tasks quickly.

For crafting seeds, pets, and other items during the event, refer to the Crafting Recipes Guide to optimize your resource use.

Additional Tips

Always keep an eye on the time to finish as many tasks as possible before the event ends.
Use fruits from your garden to gift friends and complete gifting tasks efficiently.
Pets not only help with growth but also make farming less time-consuming.

Follow this Garden Games guide to enjoy the event fully and collect all exclusive rewards before it ends on January 10, 2026. Good luck and happy gardening!