The Garden Games Event in Grow a Garden turns the usual quiet farming loop into a compact carnival. For one week, a dedicated event island, a massive spin wheel, and a new event currency, Carrot Coins, sit at the center of the experience. Everything in this event flows through that wheel: you complete quests, collect Coins, and convert them into time-limited pets, cosmetics, and seeds.
Event timing, hub layout, and basic rules
The Garden Games Event runs from January 3rd to January 10th, 2026. It follows directly after the New Year's Event in the game’s event calendar and uses Carrot Coins as its exclusive currency.
The event hub is built around a raised platform with a giant spin wheel in the center. Two key NPCs anchor the loop there:
- Greg handles Garden Games quests and lets you view and track event tasks.
- Catherine runs the premium Carrot Coin shop, exchanging Robux for extra Coins.
Every spin of the wheel costs exactly 1 Carrot Coin. The only way to access Garden Games rewards is through that wheel or, for some items, through standard shops while the event is live.
Garden Games quests and how Carrot Coins work
Carrot Coins are the bottleneck for the entire event, so understanding the quest structure is the fastest way to plan your time. Quests are grouped into three difficulties: Easy, Medium, and Hard. The higher the difficulty, the more Coins each completion grants.
| Quest tier | Typical Coin payout | Quest examples |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 1 Carrot Coin per quest | Plant 10 Carrots; Plant 2 Blueberries; Harvest 10 Strawberries; Harvest 20 Blueberries; Harvest 10 Carrots |
| Medium | 2–3 Carrot Coins per quest | 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; 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 |
| Hard | 3–4 Carrot Coins per quest | Play Time milestones (300, 600, 900, 1800 minutes); Earn Sheckles milestones (100k, 500k, 1M, 2M, 10M); Play with a Friend; Gift Fruit to a Friend (25 total); Like 3 Gardens |
Easy and Medium quests are heavily focused on planting and harvesting specific crops. Hard quests lean more on long-term engagement and social actions. The time-based and Sheckles-based tasks can quietly tick up while you focus on other things, which makes them useful background goals if you play regularly.
Outside of quests, there are three more Carrot Coin routes:
- Trade Token exchange, where you convert existing Trade Tokens into Coins.
- Premium purchase from Catherine with Robux bundles (3, 10, or 25 Coins at a time).
- Robux shop bundles that include Premium Carnival Eggs; while they don’t give Coins directly, they bypass the wheel for some pet access.
Tip: If you care about spin volume rather than specific tasks, stacking Medium quests is usually the best compromise between effort and payout. They give more Coins than Easy quests without the long commitments of Hard tier objectives.
How to access and complete Garden Games quests
Step 1: Go to the event hub and look for Greg under the blue-and-yellow shack near the center of the map. Interact with him to open the Garden Games quest interface.
Step 2: Review the available Easy, Medium, and Hard quests. Pick a mix that matches your current crops and your planned session length. For example, queue harvesting tasks if your garden is already planted.
Step 3: Return to your garden and carry out the required actions: planting or harvesting specific crops, playing with friends, or staying online to satisfy time and Sheckles milestones.
Step 4: Head back to Greg periodically to turn in completed quests and claim your Carrot Coins. Your Coin balance appears on the left side of the screen.
Spin wheel rewards and odds
Once you have at least one Carrot Coin, the wheel becomes your main destination. The wheel is placed in the exact center of the event island.
Step 1: Approach the spin wheel and interact with it to open the wheel UI. Your current Carrot Coin total is visible in the interface.
Step 2: Spend 1 Carrot Coin to start a spin. On some platforms, you click the carrot icon in the center of the wheel to confirm.
Step 3: Wait for the wheel to resolve and claim your reward. Items are added directly to your inventory, pet egg list, or seed list depending on type.
The reward pool is fixed and each item has a published drop chance.
| Spin wheel reward | Quantity | Chance per spin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnival Crate | 1x | 30% | Contains one Carnival cosmetic. |
| Carnival Egg | 1x | 30% | Hatches into one Carnival pet. |
| Carnival Crate | 3x | 15% | Three separate crates in one spin. |
| Carnival Egg | 3x | 15% | Three Carnival Eggs at once. |
| Carnival Crate | 10x | 4% | High-volume cosmetic drop. |
| Carnival Egg | 10x | 4% | Large batch of pet eggs. |
| Carnival Egg | 50x | 1% | Extremely rare, essentially a full pet stable worth of eggs. |
| Kernel Curl Seed | 1x | 1% | Prismatic seed with a unique growth boost effect. |
From a probability standpoint, the event is structured so that most spins will pay out one Carnival Crate or one Carnival Egg, with clusters of three or ten acting as medium-rare jackpots, and the 50x Carnival Egg or Kernel Curl Seed acting as chase rewards.
Carnival Crates and Garden Games cosmetics
Carnival Crates are the cosmetic arm of the event. Each crate contains one item from a fixed pool of event-only decorations. These items are purely visual but are central to the Garden Games theme; they let you turn your farm into something closer to a circus or traveling showground.
Carnival Crates can contain:
- Carnival Ribbon
- Carnival Flag
- Unicycle (cosmetic, separate from the Unicycle Monkey pet movement)
- Magic Bunny
- Carnival Arch
- Fire Ring
You receive crates almost as often as you receive Carnival Eggs, so even a small number of spins can be enough to fully theme one garden plot. High-roll crate spins (3x and 10x) dramatically accelerate that cosmetic set completion.
Carnival Eggs and event pets
Carnival Eggs are the functional backbone of the event. Each one hatches into a single pet from a fixed set of five, each with a distinct passive effect tied to movement, growth, mutations, shops, or ability chaining. The hatch time for a Carnival Egg is 4 hours and 10 seconds.
| Carnival pet | Core effect |
|---|---|
| Unicycle Monkey | Lets the player ride a unicycle and increases movement speed around the garden. |
| Performer Seal | Occasionally plays ball with the player; successful catches either give advanced growth to a random plant or bonus XP to a random pet. |
| Bear on Bike | Occasionally targets a random fruit in the garden and performs a trick that applies the Whimsical Mutation. |
| Show Pony | Every 30 in-game minutes, all of the player’s Ponies form a parade toward the Gear Shop, Egg Shop, or Seed Shop, with a chance to restock one random item. Each Pony increases the odds that the restock succeeds. |
| Carnival Elephant | Gives completed pet abilities a small chance to immediately trigger again. For this passive to work, the player cannot equip two pets of the same type. |
Premium Carnival Eggs and Rainbow Premium Carnival Eggs exist alongside standard Carnival Eggs. Premium Carnival Eggs are sold directly for Robux in various bundle sizes, while the Rainbow Premium option (called Rainbow Sack in-game) is another high-end variant tied to the carnival set. These premium eggs share the Carnival pet pool but give direct access without relying on spin wheel odds.
Note: The Bear on Bike is the only Carnival pet that directly applies the Whimsical Mutation, so players focusing on mutation collecting or trading tend to prioritize it.
Kernel Curl Seed and Bonanza Bloom Seed
The Garden Games Event adds two limited-time seeds:
- Kernel Curl Seed, a prismatic-tier seed that has a small chance to drop from the spin wheel at 1 percent per spin.
- Bonanza Bloom Seed, a limited seed purchasable from the Seed Shop while the event is active.
Kernel Curl’s key behavior is that it occasionally accelerates the growth of a nearby plant. In practice, this means placing Kernel Curl strategically near slow-growing or high-value crops so they benefit disproportionately from its pulses.
The Bonanza Bloom Seed is more straightforward: it is a seasonal seed gated behind the event window. You buy it directly from the Seed Shop using Sheckles or, if you prefer, Robux. After the event ends, it becomes unobtainable except through player trading.
Carrot Coin premium shop and bundle pricing
For players who want to push for Kernel Curl, large stacks of Carnival Eggs, or complete cosmetic sets without heavy quest grinding, the event includes a Robux-backed Carrot Coin shop.
Talking to Catherine in the event hub opens a purchase interface with three bundle sizes:
- 3 Carrot Coins for 99 Robux
- 10 Carrot Coins for 275 Robux
- Mega Coin Chest with 25 Carrot Coins for 499 Robux
Every purchase adds Carrot Coins instantly to your account, updating the same Coin counter used for quest rewards. You can purchase any bundle multiple times as long as you have enough Robux in your Roblox balance.
Tip: If you are going to spend Robux at all, the Mega Coin Chest has the best Coins-per-Robux ratio and is the most efficient way to chase the 1 percent rewards.
Weather and event-specific systems
The event also introduces two weather entries tied to its mini-games and theme: Spinner Game and Cyclone. While their exact behavior fits into the game’s broader weather system, their naming and timing tie them aesthetically back to the Garden Games carnival environment.
Spinner Game weather mirrors the wheel-centric playstyle, while Cyclone reinforces the sense of chaos and motion that runs through the event’s pets and cosmetics.
Maximizing value during the limited Garden Games window
The Garden Games Event is compact, but the reward table is dense. The most efficient approach is to layer several systems at once rather than grinding only one.
- Run Medium quests in batches for steady Coin flow while keeping an eye on Hard-tier Sheckles and Play Time goals that progress naturally as you play.
- Use Trade Tokens for quick Coin top-ups, especially if you are just short of another batch of spins.
- Place Kernel Curl near your slowest or highest-yield plants once you acquire it, so its growth pulses have maximum economic impact.
- Hatch Carnival Eggs as soon as possible so pet passives can start compounding their benefits over the rest of the event.
Once the event ends on January 10th, 2026, Carrot Coins lose their purpose and the spin wheel disappears, but all seeds, pets, and cosmetics you’ve unlocked remain part of your account. Treat the event as a chance to permanently graft a little carnival chaos onto a game that’s usually about calm, predictable growth.
