Address Gadfly review on the journal UI

The prop names were backwards. `canEdit` meant "may delete" and `canWrite` meant
"may rewrite the text" — which is the opposite of how either word reads, on a
component where the distinction is the entire permission model. They are now
canDelete and canRewrite.

An open edit draft never re-synced with its entry, so a refetch after someone
else's edit left a stale draft and a Cancel that restored the wrong text. It now
resyncs when the entry changes underneath, but only while not editing, so a
background refetch can't clobber what's being typed — the version guard is what
catches a genuine collision.

A 409 from an edit had no handling, so the component kept its stale version and
every retry conflicted again: a button that just doesn't work. A conflict now
invalidates, so the fresh version arrives.

Saving an empty edit returned silently, which also reads as a broken button. It
says why nothing happened, and points at Delete if that's what was meant. A
failed delete's error now clears on retry rather than making a second attempt
look like a second failure.

formatObservedAt let out-of-range parts roll over — 2026-13-45 rendering as
February 2027, confidently wrong. It shows the raw string instead.

Also: the scope select guards against a non-numeric value becoming a NaN
objectId and a cryptic 400; the journal total is memoized rather than
spread-and-reduced every render; EditorRail's doc comment no longer calls the
journal "later" now that it's here; and a static class list stopped being split
across two cn() arguments for no reason.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01H3zbym8Doka2d7D48maSgZ

DESIGN.md

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ POST /auth/register | /auth/login | /auth/logout     GET /auth/me      GET /auth
 GET  /auth/oidc/login      GET /auth/oidc/callback   (authorization-code + PKCE)
 GET,POST /gardens                                    GET,PATCH,DELETE /gardens/:id
 GET  /gardens/:id/full        ← one-shot editor load: garden + objects + plantings + referenced plants
+GET  /gardens/:id/full?year=YYYY ← season view: plops whose time in the ground overlapped that year
+GET  /gardens/:id/years       ← years this garden has planting data for
 GET  /gardens/:id/history     ← change sets, newest first (paginated)
 POST /change-sets/:id/revert  ← undo an operation; 201, or 409 + the conflicts it skipped
 POST /gardens/:id/copy        ← deep-copy a garden you own (objects + active plops; not shares/link)
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ React 19 + TypeScript + Vite + Tailwind 4 (`@tailwindcss/vite`), `@tanstack/reac
 
 1. Plop `count` derived from area ÷ spacing², explicit override allowed.
 2. Shapes: rect + circle only (polygon reserved in schema).
-3. Seasons = planted/removed dates; a scenario/year-plan layer is future work these dates don't block.
+3. Seasons = planted/removed dates. `?year=` filters `/full` to the plops whose `[planted_at, removed_at]` interval overlapped that calendar year, so garlic planted in October and pulled in July shows in both — and undated plops show in every year, since everything predating the feature has a null `planted_at`. Deliberately **no `seasons` table**: it would duplicate what the dates already say and create a second source of truth about when something was in the ground. Past seasons are read-only; #46's garden copy is the scenario-planning half.
 4. Emoji plant icons (zero assets); SVG icon set later if wanted.
 5. No background/satellite image tracing (cheap to add later as a garden background field).
 6. 409-and-refetch conflict handling; no real-time sync.

internal/api/api.go

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, svc *service.Service) *gin.Engine {
 	gardens.POST("/:id/copy", h.copyGarden)         // duplicate a garden the actor owns
 	gardens.GET("/:id/full", h.getGardenFull)       // one-shot editor load
 	gardens.GET("/:id/history", h.getGardenHistory) // change sets, newest first
+	gardens.GET("/:id/years", h.getGardenYears)     // years with planting data
 	gardens.POST("/:id/objects", h.createObject)
 	// The grow journal hangs off a garden even for entries about one bed or one
 	// plop, so it inherits the ordinary garden-role check.

internal/api/objects.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 
@@ -171,15 +172,47 @@ func (h *handlers) deleteObject(c *gin.Context) {
 	c.Status(http.StatusNoContent)
 }
 
+// getGardenFull serves the editor's one-shot load. ?year=YYYY switches it to the
+// season view: every plop whose time in the ground overlapped that calendar
+// year, INCLUDING ones since removed.
+//
+// Undated plantings are returned for every year. Everything planted before this
+// feature existed has a null planted_at, so excluding them would empty every
+// garden the moment a year was picked — technically defensible, useless in
+// practice. Without the param the behaviour is exactly what it has always been.
 func (h *handlers) getGardenFull(c *gin.Context) {
 	gardenID, ok := parseIDParam(c, "id")
 	if !ok {
 		return
 	}
-	full, err := h.svc.GardenFull(c.Request.Context(), mustActor(c).ID, gardenID)
+	var year *int
+	if raw := c.Query("year"); raw != "" {
+		y, err := strconv.Atoi(raw)
+		if err != nil {
+			writeAPIError(c, http.StatusBadRequest, "INVALID_INPUT", "year must be a four-digit year")
+			return
+		}
+		year = &y
+	}
+	full, err := h.svc.GardenFull(c.Request.Context(), mustActor(c).ID, gardenID, year)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeServiceError(c, err)
 		return
 	}
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, full)
 }
+
+// getGardenYears lists the years this garden has planting data for, so the year
+// selector can offer only years that hold something.
+func (h *handlers) getGardenYears(c *gin.Context) {
+	gardenID, ok := parseIDParam(c, "id")
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	years, err := h.svc.GardenYears(c.Request.Context(), mustActor(c).ID, gardenID)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeServiceError(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"years": years})
+}

internal/service/gardens_test.go

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func TestCopyGardenDuplicatesContents(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("settings not carried over: %+v vs source %+v", dup, src)
 	}
 
-	full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, dup.ID)
+	full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, dup.ID, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GardenFull(copy): %v", err)
 	}
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func TestCopyGardenDuplicatesContents(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// The source is untouched by the copy.
-	srcFull, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, src.ID)
+	srcFull, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, src.ID, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GardenFull(source): %v", err)
 	}
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func TestCopyGardenSkipsRemovedPlantings(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("CopyGarden: %v", err)
 	}
-	full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, dup.ID)
+	full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, dup.ID, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GardenFull: %v", err)
 	}

internal/service/objects.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"math"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gitea.stevedudenhoeffer.com/steve/pansy/internal/domain"
@@ -197,28 +198,80 @@ func (s *Service) DeleteObject(ctx context.Context, actorID, objectID int64) err
 }
 
 // GardenFull returns the whole editor payload for a garden the actor can view.
-func (s *Service) GardenFull(ctx context.Context, actorID, gardenID int64) (*FullGarden, error) {
+// year nil means "what's planted now"; a year means the season view (#54).
+func (s *Service) GardenFull(ctx context.Context, actorID, gardenID int64, year *int) (*FullGarden, error) {
 	g, err := s.requireGardenRole(ctx, actorID, gardenID, roleViewer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return s.assembleFull(ctx, g)
+	if year != nil && (*year < minSeasonYear || *year > maxSeasonYear) {
+		return nil, domain.ErrInvalidInput
+	}
+	return s.assembleFullFor(ctx, g, year)
+}
+
+// Seasons are bounded to keep a typo'd year from producing a confidently empty
+// garden; the range is wide enough to cover any real record.
+const (
+	minSeasonYear = 1900
+	maxSeasonYear = 2200
+)
+
+// GardenYears lists the calendar years a garden has planting data for, newest
+// first, always including the current one.
+//
+// This exists so the year selector can offer only years that actually hold
+// something. A free numeric field invites a typo and an empty view that looks
+// like data loss rather than a mistake.
+func (s *Service) GardenYears(ctx context.Context, actorID, gardenID int64) ([]int, error) {
+	if _, err := s.requireGardenRole(ctx, actorID, gardenID, roleViewer); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	years, err := s.store.GardenPlantingYears(ctx, gardenID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	current := s.now().UTC().Year()
+	for _, y := range years {
+		if y == current {
+			return years, nil
+		}
+	}
+	// Newest first, and this year is newest unless the data runs into the future.
+	out := append([]int{current}, years...)
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(sort.IntSlice(out)))
+	return out, nil
 }
 
 // assembleFull builds the read-only /full payload for an already-authorized
-// garden: its objects, active plops (with DerivedCount filled in), and the
+// garden as it stands NOW. Shared by the unauthenticated PublicGarden read,
-// plants those plops reference. Shared by the authenticated GardenFull and the
+// which never offers a season view.
-// unauthenticated PublicGarden read, so both return the identical shape.
 func (s *Service) assembleFull(ctx context.Context, g *domain.Garden) (*FullGarden, error) {
+	return s.assembleFullFor(ctx, g, nil)
+}
+
+// assembleFullFor builds the /full payload: objects, plops (with DerivedCount
+// filled in), and the plants those plops reference.
+//
+// year nil is today's behaviour — active plops only. A year widens it to every
+// plop whose time in the ground overlapped that year, which necessarily includes
+// plops since removed, so the referenced-plant lookup has to widen with it or
+// those plops would render with no icon and no colour.
+func (s *Service) assembleFullFor(ctx context.Context, g *domain.Garden, year *int) (*FullGarden, error) {
 	objects, err := s.store.ListObjectsForGarden(ctx, g.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	plantings, err := s.store.ListActivePlantingsForGarden(ctx, g.ID)
+	var plantings []domain.Planting
+	if year != nil {
+		plantings, err = s.store.ListPlantingsForGardenYear(ctx, g.ID, *year)
+	} else {
+		plantings, err = s.store.ListActivePlantingsForGarden(ctx, g.ID)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	plants, err := s.store.ListReferencedPlants(ctx, g.ID)
+	plants, err := s.store.ListReferencedPlants(ctx, g.ID, year)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

internal/service/objects_test.go

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func TestObjectCrossUserIsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := s.DeleteObject(context.Background(), bob, o.ID); !errors.Is(err, domain.ErrNotFound) {
 		t.Errorf("bob delete err = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
 	}
-	if _, err := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), bob, g.ID); !errors.Is(err, domain.ErrNotFound) {
+	if _, err := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), bob, g.ID, nil); !errors.Is(err, domain.ErrNotFound) {
 		t.Errorf("bob /full err = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func TestDeleteObject(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := s.DeleteObject(context.Background(), owner, o.ID); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("DeleteObject: %v", err)
 	}
-	full, err := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID)
+	full, err := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GardenFull: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func TestGardenFullShape(t *testing.T) {
 	s.CreateObject(context.Background(), owner, g.ID, ObjectInput{Kind: domain.KindBed, XCM: 300, YCM: 300, WidthCM: 100, HeightCM: 100})
 	s.CreateObject(context.Background(), owner, g.ID, ObjectInput{Kind: domain.KindContainer, Shape: domain.ShapeCircle, XCM: 600, YCM: 600, WidthCM: 60, HeightCM: 60})
 
-	full, err := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID)
+	full, err := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GardenFull: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -270,3 +270,221 @@ func TestGardenFullShape(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("plants = %v, want empty non-nil", full.Plants)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestSeasonViewIncludesRemovedAndSpanningPlantings — a season is a date range
+// over data that already existed; the point is seeing what WAS there.
+func TestSeasonViewIncludesRemovedAndSpanningPlantings(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestService(t, openConfig())
+	owner := seedUser(t, s, "[email protected]")
+	g := seedGarden(t, s, owner)
+	bed := seedBed(t, s, owner, g.ID)
+	plant := seedOwnPlant(t, s, owner, 15)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Planted and pulled inside 2025.
+	past, err := s.CreatePlanting(ctx, owner, bed.ID, PlantingInput{
+		PlantID: plant.ID, XCM: -50, YCM: 0, RadiusCM: 20, PlantedAt: strPtr("2025-04-01"),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreatePlanting: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.UpdatePlanting(ctx, owner, past.ID, PlantingPatch{
+		SetRemovedAt: true, RemovedAt: strPtr("2025-09-01"),
+	}, past.Version); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("remove: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Garlic: in the ground October 2025, pulled July 2026. Belongs to both.
+	spanning, err := s.CreatePlanting(ctx, owner, bed.ID, PlantingInput{
+		PlantID: plant.ID, XCM: 0, YCM: 0, RadiusCM: 20, PlantedAt: strPtr("2025-10-15"),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreatePlanting: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.UpdatePlanting(ctx, owner, spanning.ID, PlantingPatch{
+		SetRemovedAt: true, RemovedAt: strPtr("2026-07-10"),
+	}, spanning.Version); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("remove: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Undated: predates the feature, belongs to every year.
+	undated, err := s.CreatePlanting(ctx, owner, bed.ID, PlantingInput{
+		PlantID: plant.ID, XCM: 50, YCM: 0, RadiusCM: 20, PlantedAt: strPtr("2025-01-01"),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreatePlanting: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.UpdatePlanting(ctx, owner, undated.ID, PlantingPatch{
+		SetPlantedAt: true, PlantedAt: nil,
+	}, undated.Version); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("clear planted_at: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ids := func(year int) map[int64]bool {
+		t.Helper()
+		full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, g.ID, &year)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("GardenFull(%d): %v", year, err)
+		}
+		out := map[int64]bool{}
+		for _, p := range full.Plantings {
+			out[p.ID] = true
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+
+	y2025 := ids(2025)
+	if !y2025[past.ID] || !y2025[spanning.ID] || !y2025[undated.ID] {
+		t.Errorf("2025 = %v, want all three", y2025)
+	}
+	y2026 := ids(2026)
+	if y2026[past.ID] {
+		t.Error("a planting pulled in 2025 showed up in 2026")
+	}
+	if !y2026[spanning.ID] {
+		t.Error("a planting spanning the year boundary is missing from 2026")
+	}
+	if !y2026[undated.ID] {
+		t.Error("an undated planting must appear in every year")
+	}
+	y2024 := ids(2024)
+	if y2024[past.ID] || y2024[spanning.ID] {
+		t.Errorf("2024 predates both dated plantings but returned %v", y2024)
+	}
+	if !y2024[undated.ID] {
+		t.Error("an undated planting must appear in every year, including 2024")
+	}
+
+	// Without a year, /full is exactly what it always was: active plops only.
+	now, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, g.ID, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GardenFull(now): %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(now.Plantings) != 1 || now.Plantings[0].ID != undated.ID {
+		t.Errorf("live view = %+v, want only the one still in the ground", now.Plantings)
+	}
+
+	// A past season's plops must still render, so their plants come along even
+	// though none of them is active.
+	if len(ids(2025)) > 0 {
+		y := 2025
+		full, _ := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, g.ID, &y)
+		if len(full.Plants) == 0 {
+			t.Error("season view returned plops with no plants to render them")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestGardenYearsOffersOnlyYearsWithData
+func TestGardenYearsOffersOnlyYearsWithData(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestService(t, openConfig())
+	owner := seedUser(t, s, "[email protected]")
+	g := seedGarden(t, s, owner)
+	bed := seedBed(t, s, owner, g.ID)
+	plant := seedOwnPlant(t, s, owner, 15)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	pl, err := s.CreatePlanting(ctx, owner, bed.ID, PlantingInput{
+		PlantID: plant.ID, XCM: 0, YCM: 0, RadiusCM: 20, PlantedAt: strPtr("2023-05-01"),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreatePlanting: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.UpdatePlanting(ctx, owner, pl.ID, PlantingPatch{
+		SetRemovedAt: true, RemovedAt: strPtr("2024-06-01"),
+	}, pl.Version); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("remove: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	years, err := s.GardenYears(ctx, owner, g.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GardenYears: %v", err)
+	}
+	current := s.now().UTC().Year()
+	want := map[int]bool{2023: true, 2024: true, current: true}
+	if len(years) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("years = %v, want exactly %v", years, want)
+	}
+	for _, y := range years {
+		if !want[y] {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected year %d in %v", y, years)
+		}
+	}
+	// Newest first, so the selector reads in the order people scan.
+	for i := 1; i < len(years); i++ {
+		if years[i-1] < years[i] {
+			t.Errorf("years not newest-first: %v", years)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSeasonYearIsBounded — a typo'd year should be refused, not answered with a
+// confidently empty garden.
+func TestSeasonYearIsBounded(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestService(t, openConfig())
+	owner := seedUser(t, s, "[email protected]")
+	g := seedGarden(t, s, owner)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	for _, y := range []int{0, 202, 20260, -5} {
+		if _, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, g.ID, &y); !errors.Is(err, domain.ErrInvalidInput) {
+			t.Errorf("year %d accepted (err=%v)", y, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSeasonPlantsAreScopedToTheYear — the plant list has to match the plops it
+// is there to render. A garden with a decade of history shouldn't load a decade
+// of catalog to draw one season, and a season shouldn't carry plants that had
+// nothing in the ground that year.
+func TestSeasonPlantsAreScopedToTheYear(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestService(t, openConfig())
+	owner := seedUser(t, s, "[email protected]")
+	g := seedGarden(t, s, owner)
+	bed := seedBed(t, s, owner, g.ID)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	oldPlant := seedOwnPlant(t, s, owner, 15)
+	newPlant, err := s.CreatePlant(ctx, owner, PlantInput{
+		Name: "Later", Category: domain.CategoryHerb, SpacingCM: 20, Color: "#4a7c3f", Icon: "🌱",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreatePlant: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	plant2020, err := s.CreatePlanting(ctx, owner, bed.ID, PlantingInput{
+		PlantID: oldPlant.ID, XCM: -40, YCM: 0, RadiusCM: 20, PlantedAt: strPtr("2020-04-01"),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreatePlanting: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.UpdatePlanting(ctx, owner, plant2020.ID, PlantingPatch{
+		SetRemovedAt: true, RemovedAt: strPtr("2020-09-01"),
+	}, plant2020.Version); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("remove: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.CreatePlanting(ctx, owner, bed.ID, PlantingInput{
+		PlantID: newPlant.ID, XCM: 40, YCM: 0, RadiusCM: 20, PlantedAt: strPtr("2026-04-01"),
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreatePlanting: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	names := func(year int) []string {
+		t.Helper()
+		full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, g.ID, &year)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("GardenFull(%d): %v", year, err)
+		}
+		out := []string{}
+		for _, p := range full.Plants {
+			out = append(out, p.Name)
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+	if got := names(2020); len(got) != 1 || got[0] != oldPlant.Name {
+		t.Errorf("2020 plants = %v, want just %q", got, oldPlant.Name)
+	}
+	if got := names(2026); len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "Later" {
+		t.Errorf("2026 plants = %v, want just \"Later\"", got)
+	}
+}

internal/service/ops.go

@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ type DescribePlanting struct {
 // object's active plantings (plant, effective count, rough location) — for a
 // garden the actor can view. Built on GardenFull so it inherits the ACL check.
 func (s *Service) DescribeGarden(ctx context.Context, actorID, gardenID int64) (*DescribeResult, error) {
-	full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, actorID, gardenID)
+	full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, actorID, gardenID, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

internal/service/ops_test.go

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func TestClearObject(t *testing.T) {
 	if n < 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("cleared %d, want ≥ 1", n)
 	}
-	full, _ := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, g.ID)
+	full, _ := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, g.ID, nil)
 	if len(full.Plantings) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("plantings after clear = %d, want 0", len(full.Plantings))
 	}

internal/service/plantings_test.go

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func TestPlantingSoftRemoveLeavesFull(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	// It shows in /full, with a derived count.
-	full, _ := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID)
+	full, _ := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID, nil)
 	if len(full.Plantings) != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("full.Plantings = %d, want 1", len(full.Plantings))
 	}
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func TestPlantingSoftRemoveLeavesFull(t *testing.T) {
 		PlantingPatch{SetRemovedAt: true, RemovedAt: &rm}, pl.Version); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("soft-remove: %v", err)
 	}
-	full, _ = s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID)
+	full, _ = s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID, nil)
 	if len(full.Plantings) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("removed plop still in /full: %d", len(full.Plantings))
 	}
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func TestDeletePlanting(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := s.DeletePlanting(context.Background(), owner, pl.ID); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("DeletePlanting: %v", err)
 	}
-	full, _ := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID)
+	full, _ := s.GardenFull(context.Background(), owner, g.ID, nil)
 	if len(full.Plantings) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("planting still present after delete: %d", len(full.Plantings))
 	}

internal/service/seed_lots_test.go

@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func TestCopiedGardenDoesNotInheritSeedLots(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("CopyGarden: %v", err)
 	}
-	full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, copied.ID)
+	full, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, owner, copied.ID, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GardenFull: %v", err)
 	}

internal/service/shares_test.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestGardenACLMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 		actor int64
 		want  error
 	}{{owner, nil}, {editor, nil}, {viewer, nil}, {stranger, domain.ErrNotFound}} {
-		_, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, tc.actor, g.ID)
+		_, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, tc.actor, g.ID, nil)
 		wantErr(t, "readFull", err, tc.want)
 	}
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestUpdateAndRemoveShare(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("self-leave: %v", err)
 	}
 	// After leaving, the garden is invisible again.
-	if _, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, friend, g.ID); !errors.Is(err, domain.ErrNotFound) {
+	if _, err := s.GardenFull(ctx, friend, g.ID, nil); !errors.Is(err, domain.ErrNotFound) {
 		t.Errorf("after leaving, read = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
 	}
 	// A non-participant can't remove someone else's share.

internal/store/plantings.go

@@ -62,6 +62,68 @@ func queryPlantings(ctx context.Context, q queryer, query string, args ...any) (
 	return plantings, nil
 }
 
+// ListPlantingsForGardenYear returns every plop in a garden whose time in the
+// ground overlaps the given calendar year — the season view (#54).
+//
+// The interval is [planted_at, removed_at]: planted before the year ended, and
+// either still in the ground or removed after the year began. Garlic planted in
+// October and pulled the following July therefore appears in BOTH years, which
+// is what actually happened.
+//
+// Undated plantings are always included. Every planting that predates this
+// feature has a null planted_at, and a rule that excluded them would empty every
+// existing garden the moment a year was selected — an unhelpful way to be
+// technically correct.
+func (d *DB) ListPlantingsForGardenYear(ctx context.Context, gardenID int64, year int) ([]domain.Planting, error) {
+	start := fmt.Sprintf("%04d-01-01", year)
+	end := fmt.Sprintf("%04d-12-31", year)
+	return queryPlantings(ctx, d.sql,
+		`SELECT `+qualifyColumns("pl", plantingColumns)+` FROM plantings pl
+		   JOIN garden_objects o ON o.id = pl.object_id
+		  WHERE o.garden_id = ?
+		    AND (pl.planted_at IS NULL OR pl.planted_at <= ?)
+		    AND (pl.removed_at IS NULL OR pl.removed_at >= ?)
+		  ORDER BY pl.id`,
+		gardenID, end, start)
+}
+
+// GardenPlantingYears lists the calendar years a garden has planting data for,
+// newest first — every year touched by a [planted_at, removed_at] interval.
+//
+// Undated plantings contribute no year, deliberately: they belong to every year
+// the selector offers, so adding one here would be noise.
+func (d *DB) GardenPlantingYears(ctx context.Context, gardenID int64) ([]int, error) {
+	rows, err := d.sql.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT DISTINCT CAST(substr(y, 1, 4) AS INTEGER) AS year FROM (
+		     SELECT pl.planted_at AS y FROM plantings pl
+		       JOIN garden_objects o ON o.id = pl.object_id
+		      WHERE o.garden_id = ? AND pl.planted_at IS NOT NULL
+		     UNION
+		     SELECT pl.removed_at AS y FROM plantings pl
+		       JOIN garden_objects o ON o.id = pl.object_id
+		      WHERE o.garden_id = ? AND pl.removed_at IS NOT NULL
+		   )
+		   ORDER BY year DESC`,
+		gardenID, gardenID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: garden planting years: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	years := []int{}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var y int
+		if err := rows.Scan(&y); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: scan planting year: %w", err)
+		}
+		years = append(years, y)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: iterate planting years: %w", err)
+	}
+	return years, nil
+}
+
 // ListActivePlantingsForObject returns an object's currently-planted plops
 // (removed_at IS NULL). Always a non-nil slice. Used by FillRegion to avoid
 // stacking new plops inside existing ones.

internal/store/plants.go

@@ -24,18 +24,30 @@ func scanPlant(s scanner) (*domain.Plant, error) {
 	return &p, nil
 }
 
-// ListReferencedPlants returns the distinct plants used by a garden's active
+// ListReferencedPlants returns the distinct plants used by a garden's plantings
-// plantings — the catalog subset the editor needs to render them. Always a
+// — the catalog subset the editor needs to render them. Always a non-nil slice.
-// non-nil slice (empty when the garden has no active plantings). This is the
+//
-// /full read side; full plant CRUD/seeding lives in plants.go / plantings.go.
+// year nil means the active plops only. A year widens it to the plops that were
-func (d *DB) ListReferencedPlants(ctx context.Context, gardenID int64) ([]domain.Plant, error) {
+// in the ground THAT YEAR, which is what a past season needs: a plant pulled
+// last July is not active, but its plops still have to render with the right
+// icon and colour. It is scoped to the same year as the plops rather than to the
+// garden's whole history, so the two selections always agree and a decade-old
+// garden doesn't load a decade of catalog to draw one season.
+func (d *DB) ListReferencedPlants(ctx context.Context, gardenID int64, year *int) ([]domain.Plant, error) {
+	where := ` AND pl.removed_at IS NULL`
+	args := []any{gardenID}
+	if year != nil {
+		where = ` AND (pl.planted_at IS NULL OR pl.planted_at <= ?)
+		          AND (pl.removed_at IS NULL OR pl.removed_at >= ?)`
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%04d-12-31", *year), fmt.Sprintf("%04d-01-01", *year))
+	}
 	rows, err := d.sql.QueryContext(ctx,
 		`SELECT DISTINCT `+qualifyColumns("p", plantColumns)+` FROM plants p
 		   JOIN plantings pl ON pl.plant_id = p.id
 		   JOIN garden_objects o ON o.id = pl.object_id
-		  WHERE o.garden_id = ? AND pl.removed_at IS NULL
+		  WHERE o.garden_id = ?`+where+`
 		  ORDER BY p.id`,
-		gardenID,
+		args...,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: list referenced plants: %w", err)

web/src/editor/SeasonPicker.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { cn } from '@/lib/cn'
+
+/**
+ * Which season the canvas is showing.
+ *
+ * "Now" is the live, editable garden — what is in the ground today. A year is a
+ * read-only view of everything whose time in the ground overlapped that calendar
+ * year, plops since removed included. They are genuinely different questions:
+ * "what's growing" versus "what did I grow", and only the first one is editable.
+ *
+ * Only years the garden holds data for are offered. A free numeric field invites
+ * a typo, and a typo'd year produces a confidently empty garden that reads as
+ * data loss rather than a mistake.
+ */
+export function SeasonPicker({
+  years,
+  value,
+  onChange,
+}: {
+  years: number[]
+  value: number | null
+  onChange: (year: number | null) => void
+}) {
+  if (years.length === 0) return null
+  return (
+    <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs text-muted">
+      <span>Season</span>
+      <select
+        value={value ?? ''}
+        onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value === '' ? null : Number(e.target.value))}
+        className={cn(
+          'rounded-md border border-border bg-surface px-1.5 py-1 text-xs text-fg outline-none',
+          'focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/40',
+        )}
+      >
+        <option value="">Now</option>
+        {years.map((y) => (
+          <option key={y} value={y}>
+            {y}
+          </option>
+        ))}
+      </select>
+    </label>
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * The banner that stops you thinking you're looking at now. Editing the past by
+ * accident is the failure mode this whole feature introduces, so the state is
+ * stated rather than implied by a dropdown you set a while ago — with the way
+ * back to the live garden right next to it.
+ */
+export function SeasonBanner({ year, onExit }: { year: number; onExit: () => void }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-amber-500/40 bg-amber-500/10 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm">
+      <span className="font-medium text-amber-800 dark:text-amber-300">Viewing {year}</span>
+      <span className="text-xs text-amber-800/80 dark:text-amber-300/80">
+        read-only, including plantings since removed
+      </span>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={onExit}
+        className="ml-auto rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium text-amber-900 underline outline-none hover:no-underline focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/40 dark:text-amber-200"
+      >
+        Back to now
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  )
+}

web/src/editor/store.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ interface EditorState {
   railTab: string | null
   setRailTab: (tab: string | null) => void
 
+  // Which season the canvas is showing: null is "now" (live and editable), a
+  // year is a read-only view of what was in the ground that year. Ephemeral —
+  // which year you were last looking at is not a property of the garden.
+  seasonYear: number | null
+  setSeasonYear: (year: number | null) => void
+
   // Which bed the journal tab is filtered to, or null for the whole garden.
   // Separate from selectedId deliberately: you can scope the journal to a bed
   // and then select something else without the list moving under you.
@@ -85,6 +91,9 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
   railTab: null,
   setRailTab: (tab) => set({ railTab: tab }),
 
+  seasonYear: null,
+  setSeasonYear: (year) => set({ seasonYear: year }),
+
   journalObjectId: null,
   setJournalObjectId: (id) => set({ journalObjectId: id }),
 
@@ -113,6 +122,7 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
       liveObject: null,
       livePlanting: null,
       railTab: null,
+      seasonYear: null,
       journalObjectId: null,
     }),
 }))

web/src/lib/objects.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,38 @@ export function useGardenFull(gardenId: number) {
   return useQuery(gardenFullQueryOptions(gardenId))
 }
 
+// A past season is a SEPARATE query under its own key, deliberately. The
+// optimistic mutations below all patch gardenFullKey(gardenId); if a year were
+// folded into that key they would write into whichever season happened to be on
+// screen. Season views are read-only, so they never need that machinery — and
+// keeping them out of it means they can't accidentally join it.
+export const gardenSeasonKey = (gardenId: number, year: number) =>
+  ['garden-season', gardenId, year] as const
+
+/** A garden as it stood in a given calendar year: every plop whose time in the
+ *  ground overlapped it, including ones since removed. Read-only. */
+export function useGardenSeason(gardenId: number, year: number | null) {
+  return useQuery({
+    queryKey: gardenSeasonKey(gardenId, year ?? 0),
+    enabled: year !== null,
+    queryFn: async (): Promise<FullGarden> =>
+      fullGardenSchema.parse(await api.get(`/gardens/${gardenId}/full`, { params: { year } })),
+  })
+}
+
+const yearsSchema = z.object({ years: z.array(z.number().int()) })
+
+/** The years this garden holds planting data for, newest first, always
+ *  including the current one. Offering only years with data keeps the selector
+ *  from inviting a typo that produces a confidently empty garden. */
+export function useGardenYears(gardenId: number) {
+  return useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['garden-years', gardenId] as const,
+    queryFn: async (): Promise<number[]> =>
+      yearsSchema.parse(await api.get(`/gardens/${gardenId}/years`)).years,
+  })
+}
+
 /**
  * Ensure a plant is present in the /full cache's `plants` list. The full payload
  * carries only the garden's *referenced* plants (ListReferencedPlants), so a

web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx

@@ -13,12 +13,21 @@ import { Palette } from '@/editor/Palette'
 import { SeedTray } from '@/editor/SeedTray'
 import { ClearBedModal } from '@/editor/ClearBedModal'
 import { EditorHint } from '@/editor/EditorHint'
+import { SeasonBanner, SeasonPicker } from '@/editor/SeasonPicker'
 import { objectDisplayName } from '@/editor/kinds'
 import { useEditorStore } from '@/editor/store'
 import type { EditorGarden } from '@/editor/types'
 import { ShareGardenModal } from '@/components/gardens/ShareGardenModal'
 import { useMe } from '@/lib/auth'
-import { toEditorObject, useEnsurePlantInFull, useGardenFull, useUpdateObject, useUpdatePlanting } from '@/lib/objects'
+import {
+  toEditorObject,
+  useEnsurePlantInFull,
+  useGardenFull,
+  useGardenSeason,
+  useGardenYears,
+  useUpdateObject,
+  useUpdatePlanting,
+} from '@/lib/objects'
 import { toEditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
 import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
 import { useJournalCounts } from '@/lib/journal'
@@ -32,7 +41,14 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   const gid = Number(gardenId)
   const { focus } = routeApi.useSearch()
   const navigate = routeApi.useNavigate()
-  const full = useGardenFull(gid)
+  const seasonYear = useEditorStore((s) => s.seasonYear)
+  const setSeasonYear = useEditorStore((s) => s.setSeasonYear)
+  // Two queries, one shown. The live one stays mounted so returning to "now" is
+  // instant and so the optimistic mutation cache it owns is never displaced.
+  const live = useGardenFull(gid)
+  const season = useGardenSeason(gid, seasonYear)
+  const full = seasonYear === null ? live : season
+  const years = useGardenYears(gid)
   const me = useMe()
   usePageTitle(full.data?.garden.name ?? 'Garden')
 
@@ -77,7 +93,11 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   // Role gating, computed before the effects/returns so the nudge handler can use
   // it. Ownership is the authoritative ownerId==me check.
   const gd = full.data?.garden
-  const canEdit = gd != null && (gd.ownerId === me.data?.id || gd.myRole === 'editor')
+  // A past season is read-only: it is a record of what happened, and editing it
+  // would be editing the past. This is the single gate — the palette, inspector,
+  // nudging, placement and drag handles all key off canEdit.
+  const canEdit =
+    seasonYear === null && gd != null && (gd.ownerId === me.data?.id || gd.myRole === 'editor')
   const isOwner = gd != null && me.data != null && gd.ownerId === me.data.id
 
   // Latest values for the mount-once nudge keydown handler to read, so its effect
@@ -364,9 +384,14 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
             Share
           </Button>
         )}
-        {!canEdit && (
+        {!canEdit && seasonYear === null && (
           <p className="mb-2 rounded-md bg-border/40 px-2 py-1 text-xs text-muted">👁 View only</p>
         )}
+        {years.data && years.data.length > 0 && (
+          <div className="mb-2">
+            <SeasonPicker years={years.data} value={seasonYear} onChange={setSeasonYear} />
+          </div>
+        )}
         {focusedObjectId == null && canEdit && <Palette />}
         <Button
           variant="ghost"
@@ -387,7 +412,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
         </Button>
       </div>
 
-      <div className="relative min-h-0 flex-1">
+      <div className="relative flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2">
+        {seasonYear !== null && <SeasonBanner year={seasonYear} onExit={() => setSeasonYear(null)} />}
         {focusedObject && (
           <div className="absolute left-2 top-2 z-20 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-border bg-surface/90 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm shadow-sm backdrop-blur">
             <button type="button" onClick={exitFocus} className="rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 font-medium text-accent-strong hover:underline">
@@ -424,7 +450,9 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
               ))}
           </div>
         )}
-        <GardenCanvas garden={garden} objects={objects} plantings={plantings} plantsById={plantsById} canEdit={canEdit} />
+        <div className="relative min-h-0 flex-1">
+          <GardenCanvas garden={garden} objects={objects} plantings={plantings} plantsById={plantsById} canEdit={canEdit} />
+        </div>
 
         {/* Empty-state hints (non-interactive overlays). */}
         {canEdit && focusedObjectId == null && objects.length === 0 && (