Hota 3.0 Launch — The Smartest Way to Plan and Care for Your Garden
London, UK — March 2026
Today we’re excited to introduce Hota 3.0, the biggest update yet to the gardening app designed to make growing a beautiful garden simple, accessible, and enjoyable.
Hota has always focused on removing the guesswork from gardening. With version 3.0, we’ve redesigned the entire experience and introduced powerful new tools that help you choose the right plants, design your garden beds, and care for your plants with personalised guidance based on your location, soil, and weather.
Whether you’re planting your first bed or managing an established garden, Hota now provides a complete digital companion for your garden.
Discover Plants That Actually Thrive in Your Garden
One of the most common reasons plants fail is simple: the wrong plant is chosen for the conditions.
Hota solves this with Soil ID, a feature that automatically identifies the soil type in your garden using your location. Combined with sunlight levels and garden conditions, Hota recommends plants that are far more likely to thrive where you live.
With hundreds of new plants added in Hota 3.0, gardeners can explore an even wider range of species suited to their garden environment.
Instead of guessing at garden centre labels, you can now confidently choose plants tailored to your exact conditions.
Design Beautiful Garden Beds in Minutes
Hota 3.0 also introduces a redesigned garden bed planning experience.
Users can enter the size of their garden space and instantly generate a planting design using plants suited to their soil, sunlight, and conditions. The result is a balanced planting layout designed to create colour, structure, and seasonal interest.
This makes it easy to visualise a finished garden before buying a single plant.
Advanced Plant ID
A major new addition in Hota 3.0 is Plant ID.
Simply take a photo of a plant and Hota will identify it instantly. Once identified, Hota generates a custom care schedule tailored to your garden environment, including pruning, watering, and seasonal tasks.
This means gardeners no longer need to search through generic advice online — Hota provides guidance designed specifically for your garden conditions.
Smarter Watering with Weather-Based Intelligence
Hota 3.0 also introduces Weather-aware watering guidance.
Rather than sending generic reminders, Hota uses local weather conditions such as rainfall, temperature, and UV levels to determine when plants are likely to need water.
The result is smarter watering advice that helps gardeners avoid both overwatering and underwatering.
A Completely Redesigned Experience
Hota 3.0 also features a complete visual redesign with a cleaner interface and improved navigation throughout the app.
The goal is simple: make powerful gardening tools feel effortless to use.
From discovering plants to planning beds and managing plant care, every part of the experience has been refined.
Built With Gardeners and Experts
Hota is developed by Budio Ltd, working with experienced gardeners and horticultural partners including Proctors Nursery, Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winners.
The app combines horticultural expertise with modern technology to make gardening more accessible to everyone — from beginners planting their first garden to experienced gardeners planning larger spaces.
Available Now
Hota 3.0 is available now on the App Store.
The app includes a free trial, allowing gardeners to explore its full capabilities before subscribing.
Download Hota today and start designing a garden that truly works with your environment.