diff --git a/web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx b/web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx
index f0a6a85..53aacad 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   const me = useMe()
   usePageTitle(full.data?.garden.name ?? 'Garden')
 
+  // The garden itself is gone (deleted, or access revoked) — keyed on the LIVE
+  // query, since whether the garden EXISTS doesn't depend on the season being
+  // viewed. Both the bounce effect and the "gone" render message read this one
+  // value, so the promise ("taking you to your gardens…") and the redirect can't
+  // disagree — e.g. a season-view error while the live garden is fine must not
+  // claim a redirect that never fires.
+  const gardenGone = live.error instanceof ApiError && live.error.isNotFound
+
   const selectedId = useEditorStore((s) => s.selectedId)
   const select = useEditorStore((s) => s.select)
   const selectedPlantingId = useEditorStore((s) => s.selectedPlantingId)
@@ -147,11 +155,11 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   // this one, so a bad direct link can't wipe a good resume target) and bounce to
   // the list. Transient errors (500/network) fall through to the retryable screen.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (live.isError && live.error instanceof ApiError && live.error.isNotFound) {
+    if (gardenGone) {
       forgetLastGarden(gid)
       navigate({ to: '/gardens' })
     }
-  }, [live.isError, live.error, gid, navigate])
+  }, [gardenGone, gid, navigate])
 
   // If the focused object vanished — deleted, or a stale ?focus id on load — leave
   // focus mode so the canvas isn't stuck dimmed with no way out.
@@ -277,13 +285,13 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
 
   if (full.isPending) return <p className="p-6 text-sm text-muted">Loading garden…</p>
   if (full.isError) {
-    // A not-found is handled by the effect above (forget + bounce to the list);
-    // say so rather than flashing a dead-end error during the redirect.
-    const gone = full.error instanceof ApiError && full.error.isNotFound
+    // Only promise the bounce when the GARDEN is gone (the effect above keys on
+    // the same gardenGone). A season-view error while the live garden is fine is a
+    // different, non-redirecting failure and gets the generic message.
     return (
       <div className="p-6">
         <Alert>
-          {gone
+          {gardenGone
             ? 'That garden is no longer available — taking you to your gardens…'
             : 'Could not load this garden.'}
         </Alert>