# Introducing the Safe Guardians of Gardens - Safe Ecosystem Growth and Signaling

**URL:** <https://forum.safefoundation.org/t/introducing-the-safe-guardians-of-gardens-safe-ecosystem-growth-and-signaling/6666>\
**Category:** Safe Ecosystem\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.safefoundation.org/t/introducing-the-safe-guardians-of-gardens-safe-ecosystem-growth-and-signaling/6666 "2025-07-31T19:25:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.safefoundation.org/t/introducing-the-safe-guardians-of-gardens-safe-ecosystem-growth-and-signaling/6666/1 "2025-07-31T19:25:27Z")

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### **Highlights**

- Gardens has committed **80,000 $SAFE** from its Safe Guardians allocation to support and expand the Safe ecosystem.

- These funds will be distributed transparently through the **Gardens platform** to proposals that help grow the Safe ecosystem [[link to Safe Guardians community in Gardens](https://app.gardens.fund/gardens/100/0x4d18815d14fe5c3304e87b3fa18318baa5c23820/0x99a454785c9859e5b61647d77a05be1fa53f4d04)].

- This is an **open community** : anyone can join by staking $SAFE, and participate in proposal creation and governance. Members can engage in **signaling and funding pools** , shaping the future of the Safe ecosystem through collective decision-making.

### **Program Overview**

The Safe Guardians of Gardens is an open community of $SAFE holders on the Gardens platform dedicated to growing a healthy and thriving Safe Ecosystem. The program includes a Builder’s Fund for low-friction milestone-based funding for proposals to help grow Safe, and signaling for community members to identify pain points holding the ecosystem back.

The goals of this community are:

- To fund builders actively working on solving the biggest pain points for Safe platform users.
- To fund growth and marketing initiatives that help expand the adoption and healthy growth of the Safe ecosystem.
- To increase governance participation by giving more agency to $SAFE token holders - securely, and with mechanisms that harness collective intelligence.

With the current pause in ecosystem funding, **the timing of this funding is critical** in making sure the Safe ecosystem can sustain its healthy growth while a broader campaign is crafted.

The campaign also serves as a great pilot for a potential funding and coordination model that can be reviewed, iterated on and expanded as results of the program become clear.

### **Background**

[Gardens](https://gardens.fund) is a governance platform that helps communities source decisions and allocate funding for ecosystem growth with the best ROI possible. On Gardens, community members can create and vote on proposals and help steer the organization towards success.

The Safe Guardians of Gardens are dedicated to supporting the healthy growth of the Safe ecosystem, bound by an [onchain Covenant](https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmbRMoRwd2wHGX4z7xKpnxqb2zMzxK2myoiduY7eFdTSoJ).

The community is moderated by a **Council Safe** , serving as stewards of our community’s Covenant by fostering an environment where community members can actively participate, propose ideas, and drive initiatives that advance the Safe ecosystem.

The Council Safe for the community is democratically elected in a signaling pool, and also rules on proposal disputes in the community.

### Performance Metrics

To track the success of the Safe Guardians of Gardens, performance of this pilot campaign will be measured across 2 separate tracks:

1. **Community Participation and Satisfaction**  
How much activity does the program ignite, and are participants happy with their experience?

2. **Safe Ecosystem Health and Growth**  
How effective is the program at solving pain points of the Safe platform, increasing its healthy adoption, and growing Safe’s ecosystem of users, builders, and partners?

### **How to Join**

Follow these steps to join the Safe Guardians of Gardens community and begin participating:

1. **Bridge your $SAFE to Gnosis Chain** if you don’t have tokens there already. The community is run on Gnosis Chain to optimize for onchain governance.

2. **Register in Gardens** to become part of the Safe Guardians of Gardens. Registration includes a minimum stake amount of 10 $SAFE and a one-time fee of 1 $SAFE. [Link to community on Gardens](https://app.gardens.fund/gardens/100/0x4d18815d14fe5c3304e87b3fa18318baa5c23820/0x99a454785c9859e5b61647d77a05be1fa53f4d04#purpose).

3. **Participate in Governance Pools** - there are 3 active pools in the community: