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Botanical photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A botanical photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Deep greens, leaf photos and natural textures. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Botanical photo widget design preview: Deep greens, leaf photos and natural textures. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a botanical photo widget shows

A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.

You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.

How the botanical style shapes it

Botanical widgets bring plants onto the home screen: deep and soft greens, leaf photographs and a calm serif or sans. They pair naturally with nature wallpapers.

Photos: Leaf close-ups work best; let the photo fill one side of the widget.
Text: Use deep green text instead of black.

Botanical photo widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 200, background #E9EFE4, corner radius 22
Layout	caption on the left, photo on the right
Image	190 × 160, corner radius 14, crop to fill
Text	place label, size 12, color #6E8574
Text	caption in two lines, Libre Baskerville, size 24, color #1F3327
Shape	rule 28 × 3 in #3F7D4E
Text	date, size 12, color #6E8574
Ornament	three leaf shapes (tall ovals) fanning up from the bottom right corner in fern green at about 55% opacity
Font	Libre Baskerville (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Botanical color palette

Leaf mist #E9EFE4Background
Sage #D3DFCCSurface and tracks
Deep fern #1F3327Text
Moss #6E8574Labels
Fern green #3F7D4EAccent

How to make a botanical photo widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #E9EFE4 and the corner radius to 22.
Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
Set the image corner radius to 14. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
Add a Text caption at size 24 in #1F3327 using Libre Baskerville.
Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #6E8574, with a short rule in #3F7D4E between them.
Add the botanical ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: three leaf shapes (tall ovals) fanning up from the bottom right corner in fern green at about 55% opacity.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for botanical photo widgets

Take all colors from one plant photo.
Mix one large photo with a little text.
Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
Do not use competing bright colors.
Do not crop leaves into tiny thumbnails.

Questions about the botanical photo widget

What size is a botanical photo widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Leaf mist (#E9EFE4) for the background, Deep fern (#1F3327) for the main text, Moss (#6E8574) for labels and Fern green (#3F7D4E) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the botanical styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for plant photo widget, nature photo widget, leaf photo widget, green aesthetic photo widget. They describe the same look as this botanical photo widget.

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