Flower Garden Solitaire

Objective

Flower Garden Solitaire which is also known as The Bouquet and The Garden is played using a deck of 52 playing cards. The aim is to build all four suits up from Ace to King.

Setup

TABLEAU - Player is dealt 36 cards face-up into six piles 6 cards to each pile. This set of piles is known as the tableau.

RESERVE - Remaining 16 cards are dealt face-up onto a reserve pile.

FOUNDATION - Four empty foundation piles.

Gameplay

  • On the tableau, cards are played in descending order, regardless of suit. Only top card of a tableau pile is available for play.
  • An empty pile in the tableau can be filled with any card.
  • Foundation piles can contain cards starting from Ace so as Aces become available, it can be placed in one of the foundation piles. Cards of the same suit can then be played on each Ace in ascending order, from low (2) to high (King).
  • Any card from the reserve can be played to the foundation or, the tableau.
  • Card from the foundation can not be moved back to the tableau or, the reserve.

The game ends once all cards are moved onto the foundation piles.

Controls

  • Drag and drop cards between two piles.
  • Tap a card in the reserve pile or, any of the tableau piles to automatically move to the foundation or a tableau pile.