I guess there are two ways to play Tiny Garden: You can go into it and try to make the most beautiful garden with the items that unlock for you. This will give you many hours of laid-back gardening fun.
You can approach this game by planting your garden strategically, trying to unlock the next plant and find the new combination that adds new kinds of goals. I am firmly in the last category and truly love it.
The reviewer is just like me and I'm so here for that. The fact you garden in some bauble and get letters from its previous owners that form the narrative… also sounds interesting. Gardening is super not my thing but the game sounds cool enough to make me check it out anyways.