The seventh planet from the sun was not technically a planet according to the Gnomish Astronomical League (G.A.L) but was classified as a “Liveworld”.
Geography
Garden was a collective of thousands of earthly bodies all anchored together by a colossal plant nicknamed “Yggdrasil's Child”. The main trunk of the plant is hundreds of woody stems, each of which measures well over 100 feet in diameter, and the plant's leaves are large enough to serve as a ship's sails. The main roots are thick and some are a thousand feet long, anchoring the asteroids at the planets' core. Although they are anchored, the asteroids have enough space in between for Spelljammers to sail through.
Inhabitants
Little is known about the communities that live on Garden. Some of the settlements are quite cosmopolitan and boast a diverse population featuring various races common in wildspace. On Garden itself, there are a number of naturally occurring places for spelljammers to land, and some communities maintain their own docks. However, there isn't a single artificial structure on the surface of Garden specifically built to accommodate spelljamming vessels. This fact makes Garden a paradise for those who want to get away from it all or immerse themselves in nature.
Satellites
Garden has eleven moons that all orbit outside its air envelope and are not bound by Yggdrasil's Child. Most organized trade will occur on one of these moons.
Its off-white surface is perfectly smooth, without any meteorite pockmarks, and reflects the light eerily.
Its atmospheric envelope extends about 100 miles above its surface and is extremely toxic as well as caustic. The atmosphere consists primarily of sulfuric acid, which covers the moon's surface in a sea of acid.
The moon once served as a stopping point for spacefaring elves but has since long been deserted.
The moon resembles an eyeball: where the pupil would be is a large crater where a rare type of fungus can be found that is useful in the preparation of spells and potions related to the improvement of vision.
Completely covered with soft green grass it is inhabited by a tribe of druids. The human who named the moon, Griffon Broadleaf, makes his home there to this day ruling over the tribe.
The moon is a voidworld, without an atmosphere, and was once a great mining colony.
It was said to have once been a paradise until a Wizard accidentally opened a portal to the plane of Mechanus. A wave of Modrons was unleashed upon Valtorum who sought out bringing "order" to the moon's chaotic beauty. They remade the moon in their homeworld's image replacing nature with cold metal.
The moon is made entirely of marble swirling with various colors. There are chunks of the surface missing, where liquid marble oozes in a slow stream. This oozing marble can be molded into sculptures, which harden within days of being removed from the moon.
This spherical fire body produces enough heat to warm wildspace within a thousand miles. The fire moon produces enough light to illuminate Garden during the night and burns almost twice as hot as the Sun.
The moon serves as an outpost for a hundred mages of various disciplines who are studying Garden, hoping to uncover its secrets. They finance their operation by producing and selling magic items.
This earth body serves as a trading post. Despite being far away from most inhabited worlds, it does a surprising amount of trade. Almost anything non-magical can be found here for sale.
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