# Gardening Community Pages by State **URL:** \ **Category:** Off Topic\ **Tags:** florida, community, regional, project\ **Created:** [January 24, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardening-community-pages-by-state/3407 "2025-01-24T04:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LarimarHomestead](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/larimarhomestead/32/6181_2.png) [@LarimarHomestead](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/LarimarHomestead)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardening-community-pages-by-state/3407/1 "2025-01-24T04:18:34Z")
> [@Serendipity Seed Swap! (US)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/serendipity-seed-swap-us/570/523): > > I know that this is from a long time ago, and I haven’t been active for a while but, try searching the keyword, Texas in the search option to find other Texans on this app. > > I do the same looking for other Floridians, when you search anything by keywords it’ll pull up everything containing the keyword you typed. > > It’ll also be cool if there are pages made in this community by state so we can easily find each other and if this wanted to can find others in a separate post/page > [@Serendipity Seed Swap! (US)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/serendipity-seed-swap-us/570/524): > > That could be a cool feature. Will you start a separate thread about it? Maybe someone who knows how to build stuff like that will enjoy the idea and decide to start making it. 😉 > > Something with a map you could browse for forum members nearby you would be particularly cool. iNaturalist and Falling Fruit have maps like that to browse for plant sightings near you. For privacy reasons, it would probably need to be opt-in, of course So if someone wanted to get in touch with everyone within their state they can. The tidbit that I was referencing was about someone mentioning that they wanted to get in touch with other growers/gardeners within the state of Texas. There could be for example a: “Texas Community Page” (I would also love a: “Florida Community Page.” To talk about everything landrace, even gardening related, seed swaps, trading cuttings, building a small regional community to help with expanding FL based projects, and seeing what everyone else is doing within our particular state.) I just don’t know how to create something like that on here ---
**Author:** ![JinTX](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/jintx/32/20162_2.png) [@JinTX](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JinTX)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardening-community-pages-by-state/3407/2 "2025-01-24T05:27:23Z")
It will probably be more beneficial to have regional pages. Texas has at least 5 different regions within the state due to size and range of climates. We range from hardiness zone 6b to 10a. We also have a wild range of soil types and precipitation averages across those hardiness zones. Other forums I’ve most often seen North Texas grouped with Oklahoma. The Gulf region will have more in common with other gulf states. Far West Texas would probably group with New Mexico. I’m sure states like California will be in a similar situation. Midwest states would likely group together. Appalachia would likely be another region. I’m not sure what the best breakdown would be, I just know I’m more environmentally similar to the majority of Oklahoma and other surrounding states than to most other parts of Texas. (And closer by distance also) If we had the ability to do an advanced search by things like hardiness zone, soil type, etc. that could be helpful. Especially for people who may fall into microclimatic pockets within an area and may have more similar environment or selection pressures to another region across the country (or across the world). What might also be cool would be to have a radius search by zip code. ---
**Author:** ![UnicornEmily](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/unicornemily/32/530_2.png) [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardening-community-pages-by-state/3407/3 "2025-01-24T13:33:03Z")
Good point about regional areas probably being a better breakdown. As a Utahn, I tend to expect seeds from anywhere in the Four Corners region to be well-suited for my climate.