On December 19, Plant Provenance opens its doors, and PlantCard opens with it. Your collector profile and your PlantCard will be the same account and the same username. They’ll also share the link you put in your bio.
PlantCard started at the beginning of the 2026 plant show season with a simple observation. Collectors were meeting, swapping cuttings and making plans, yet sharing contact details, wish lists and collections still felt stuck in 2015. We saw WhatsApp numbers scribbled on paper, screenshots of Instagram profiles, and generic link pages that had no idea what a Philodendron gloriosum is.
So we built something better. Now it’s moving home: PlantCard will live on Plant Provenance, the free platform where the plant community is gathering: to track where plants come from, follow the plants and people they love, and talk to each other.
The link in your bio, made for plant collectors
PlantCard is a single page that tells fellow collectors everything they want to know about you: what you grow, what you’re hunting for, what’s up for trade, and how to reach you. Put plantcard.io/yourname in your Instagram bio or your Palmstreet shop, or show the QR code at your next plant show.
It’s free, it takes minutes to set up, and it looks good on every phone.
Work in progress: this is how PlantCard is shaping up.
Why not just use a regular link-in-bio tool?
Generic link-in-bio tools are built for everyone, so they give you a list of links and stop there. PlantCard does everything they do, and then the things only collectors need:
- Collection highlights. Show off the plants you’re proudest of, with photos, right on your card.
- Plant expertise. Tell people which genera you know inside out, so the right collectors find you.
- Up for trade and wish list. Say what you’re open to selling or swapping and what you’re searching for. It saves a dozen DMs per plant show.
- Trade regions. Make it clear where you ship, before anyone asks.
- Contact buttons that respect you. Email, WhatsApp and Signal appear only if you add them. Nothing shows that you don’t choose to share.
- Save to contacts in one tap. Visitors save your full contact card, including your photo and your PlantCard link. No app, no typing.
- A QR code for plant shows. Scan it on any phone. No more scraps of paper.
- Your socials and custom links. Icon tiles for your social networks, plus links to your shop, your channel or anything else.
- Free. No paid tier to unlock the basics.
- Built in the EU, with GDPR at its core. Your data stays yours.
One account, one username, one link
This is the part we’re most excited about. Your PlantCard is the public face of your Plant Provenance profile, so there’s no second account to manage and no second profile to keep up to date. Your username on Plant Provenance becomes your PlantCard link, so @yourname lives at plantcard.io/yourname.
When you add a plant to your collection or update your wish list, your card updates with it. And because everything sits on Plant Provenance, the plants you share come with their story attached: where they came from and who grew them. No ordinary link page can offer that.
Where the plant community lives
Plant Provenance isn’t only a database. It’s a home for the community, with its own social feed, direct messaging and follows.
And you don’t just follow people. You follow plants: pick a species like Anthurium wendlingerii or a cultivar and follow it the same way you’d follow a fellow collector, and see new posts about it in your feed.
That’s where PlantCard comes in. Someone scans your QR code at a plant show or taps the link in your bio. They see your card, then follow you on Plant Provenance, message you about that cutting, and keep up with your collection long after the show is over. Your card is the introduction; Plant Provenance is where the conversation continues.
Claim your @ before anyone else does
Usernames are first come, first served, and the good ones go fast. Sign up on Plant Provenance today and your username is reserved. On December 19 it becomes your PlantCard link.
One note: usernames that clearly belong to an established nursery, shop, society or community name can be reclaimed by their rightful owner. Grab your own name, not someone else’s.
See you at the next plant show. Bring your PlantCard.