# Member Spotlight: Gardens

> Learn how your vote creates real governance powe

**Published by:** [Bread Cooperative](https://paragraph.com/@breadcoop/)
**Published on:** 2026-02-06
**Categories:** bread-cooperative, gardens, governance, dao, conviction-voting, member-spotlight
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@breadcoop/member-spotlight-gardens

## Content

Paul Glavin from Gardens sat down with the Bread Cooperative team to bring our community up to speed on what's happening. Just like Bread Cooperative, Gardens is using Gnosis chain for non-speculative crypto use cases. Gardens specializes in conviction voting, a governance mechanism that smooths out noise in decision-making by weighing support over time. The platform is also actively integrated with Superfluid for reward streaming. You can read more about how conviction voting works and how Superfluid rewards work in our embedded guides. Gardens Joins Bread Cooperative!Bread CooperativeOct 22, 2025Gardens and Bread Cooperative partner to advance democratic governance for working people. Learn about conviction voting and better collective decisions.0 collectedCollect $BREAD Holders: Your Solidarity Contributions Might Be Earning RewardsBread CooperativeJan 13, 2026Gardens and Superfluid have partnered. If you hold $BREAD and support Gardens pools, you might be earning $SUP rewards. Here's how it works.0 collectedCollectGardens currently serves over 150 communities globally with over $300,000 in funding decisions.Why Vote for Gardens This Cycle? All BREAD holders have a say in where funding goes each cycle. With the upcoming distribution around the corner, here's why you might want to consider Gardens. Full Transparency on Fund Usage Every BREAD token allocated to Gardens goes into a dedicated growth fund in the Gardens app. You can literally watch where the money goes. "All of the funding that we get from these votes is added here in the pool funds," Paul explains. "This is basically targeted towards our work on Gardens. It's a growth fund that's broadly scoped, looking for any type of creative campaign that helps get the word out or makes the platform better." Every funding decision links to a proposal. You see who created it, what's supposed to be delivered, and exactly how resources are being used. "It gives you confidence that it's a good investment of money," Paul noted. You Get to Vote on How It's Spent As a BREAD token holder, you gain voting power in the Gardens growth fund. Want to see specific features built? Create a proposal. Think the Gardens team should tackle a particular marketing campaign? Vote on it when they submit the proposal. "BREAD token holders are the ones who are responsible for deciding on which projects get funded for the gardens team," Paul explained. "Or if you want to create a separate proposal for other work that's helping the gardens platform somehow, then you could create a proposal and vote on those proposals as well." Unlock Superfluid Rewards for Stakers Once BREAD allocations start streaming into the Gardens pool, every community member who stakes their BREAD in the Gardens community becomes eligible for Superfluid rewards. This creates a direct material benefit for participating in the governance process. Support Gnosis Chain Ecosystem Growth Both Bread and Gardens are Gnosis chain originals. Gardens recently submitted a proposal to the Gnosis community that achieved 99% of the GNO needed for quorum. The Gnosis team has expressed interest in seeing this proposal return, and working together to create governance infrastructure for the broader Gnosis ecosystem could benefit everyone.What's Next?The Gardens integration with Bread Cooperative represents a rare collaboration brought together by genuine alignment. Voting ahead of cycle #19 is already open, visit the Bread Solidarity Fund to make sure your voice is heard. If you would like to bake BREAD but don't know how to get started, click the embed below to read more. Solidarity forever 🍞How To Participate in the Bread Solidarity FundBread CooperativeJan 20, 2026A beginner-friendly guide to Bread Cooperative's Solidarity Fund. Learn how to bridge, bake, and burn $BREAD to support onchain solidarity.0 collectedCollect

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