Crazy Dave sells the Mushroom Garden for $30,000. Before you obtain the Mushroom Garden, your nighttime plants that grow from sprouts will sit in your zen garden sleeping. They will not be able to grow beyond their first stage until you have bought the Mushroom zen garden from Dave. Nighttime mushrooms drop readily from nighttime mini-games or nighttime survival mode boards. Each of these plants, when fully grown, can be sold for $10,000.
The Aquarium Garden can also be purchased from Crazy Dave for $30,000, and plants that reside in a pot full of water in their first stage are the ones that can be transported to this garden. Some plants are both aquatic and nighttime plants, so they will rest in a pot of water sleeping in your zen garden. These will wake up in the Mushroom Garden, but they will not grow until they are moved to the Aquarium Garden. Full grown plants in the Aquarium Garden will also sell for $10,000 each, so playing pool boards, especially nighttime pool boards, can rapidly fill your Aquarium Garden.
In order to move plants between the zen gardens, you must first purchase the wheelbarrow from Crazy Dave. Then simply click on the wheelbarrow and click on the plant you want to move. Alternately, you can also pick up the plant you want to move with your gardening gloves and place it on the wheelbarrow. Then click the yellow arrow to switch between your gardens. Click the wheelbarrow again and place your plant into its new space. Remember to check both of these zen gardens often because Stinky will only collect coin from the primary Zen Garden.
Once the Zen Garden is unlocked, Crazy Dave sells a special garden just for the Tree of Wisdom for $10,000. The tree can be fed constantly with special tree food, and it will give tips and easter eggs for the game. Here are just a few examples of the messages it gives:
Chompers and Wall-nuts work exceedingly well together.- You want two columns of sunflowers.
- Snorkel Zombies... are best dealt with, with Wall-nuts on Lilypads.
- Pssst! Try typing 'future' while playing to experiences zombies... from the FUTURE!.
- What's cheaper than free? Nothing! That's why Puff-shrooms are essential on all night levels!
Crazy Dave sells Tree Food for $2,500. Each application will grow the Tree of Wisdom one step, and it will likely sprout a leaf with every application. The tree has approximately thirty growth levels and is yet another way to advance in PvZ.
The Zen Garden is perfect for running in the background to make some extra money while you watch TV, take a nap, or even go to bed at night. Simply take your game off of full screen mode from the options menu, feed Stinky a piece of chocolate, and he’ll run around picking up coin for an hour. When you have enough plants in your Zen Garden, he can make up to $10,000 coins in an hour easily. You can also sell the plants in your Mushroom Garden and Aquarium Garden for $10,000 apiece when they are fully grown, so make sure to check on them often! The Zen Garden is an excellent way to reach the $80,000 that you need for your final card slot in the Adventure Game and be the master of PvZ.