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Botany Manor – Plants itself for Autumn release

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As we prepare for the glorious gardens, graceful greenhouse, and dignified doors of Botany Manor to open, Whitethorn Games and developer Balloon Studios would like to offer you a special look at some of the clues that await you in Botany Manor, coming to PCNintendo Switch™, and Xbox this fall!

Set in a historical English homestead brimming with a lifetime of memorabilia and research to explore, you will uncover long-forgotten seeds and piece together clues as you solve puzzles to help each rare plant to grow. Some of these clues can be found throughout letters, poems, books, scientific data, and objects scattered all over the manor. 

With each new clue, you’ll discover how to grow each long-forgotten flora. The clues are interactable, so you can turn bottles, flip over postcards, and examine each one closely as you unravel the puzzle. As clues are discovered, you can document them in your very own herbarium that you can access at any time as you uncover the mysteries surrounding these plants.

About Botany Manor

The enduring estate of Botany Manor is home to retired botanist Arabella Greene. After a long career, she has amassed a collection of rare, long-forgotten plants that require some research to help them live again. Play as Arabella and explore the stunning historic manor and its grounds to look for clues in her notes, books, posters, and items scattered around the residence to determine the correct set of circumstances to help the flora flourish. Unlock new seeds and plant them. Interactable items around the property that can be turned and flipped will provide information to help you solve each gardening puzzle, grow the plants, and discover their mysterious qualities.

Key Features of Botany Manor include:

  • Explore the peaceful grounds and many calming rooms of the beautifully rendered, historically accurate 19th-century manor.
  • Pick up, flip, turn, and rotate the many items found around the estate to piece together the clues to solve each plant-based puzzle.
  • Learn about Arabella’s life, career, and the challenges she faced as a woman scientist during the 19th century as you explore.
  • Fall in love with the calming soundtrack that perfectly compliments the environment and flowers you bring to full bloom.

Botany Manor is coming to PC via SteamNintendo Switch™, and for Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X

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