diff --git a/app/controllers/gardens_controller.rb b/app/controllers/gardens_controller.rb
index edc82cd84..8eb5608a6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/gardens_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/gardens_controller.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class GardensController < ApplicationController
     @garden.destroy
 
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.html { redirect_to gardens_url }
+      format.html { redirect_to @garden.owner, notice: 'Garden was successfully deleted.' }
       format.json { head :no_content }
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/garden.rb b/app/models/garden.rb
index 8edbbda0b..d8ed4056d 100644
--- a/app/models/garden.rb
+++ b/app/models/garden.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Garden < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   attr_accessible :name, :slug, :owner_id, :description
   belongs_to :owner, :class_name => 'Member', :foreign_key => 'owner_id'
-  has_many :plantings, :order => 'created_at DESC'
+  has_many :plantings, :order => 'created_at DESC', :dependent => :destroy
   has_many :crops, :through => :plantings
 
   default_scope order("lower(name) asc")
diff --git a/app/views/gardens/show.html.haml b/app/views/gardens/show.html.haml
index 302035063..d5319d492 100644
--- a/app/views/gardens/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/gardens/show.html.haml
@@ -13,19 +13,24 @@
           - else
             = link_to "#{othergarden}", garden_path(othergarden)
 
-    - if can? :edit, @garden
-      = link_to 'Edit', edit_garden_path(@garden), :class => 'btn'
-      = link_to 'New', new_garden_path, :class => 'btn'
+    - if can? :create, @garden
+      = link_to 'New Garden', new_garden_path, :class => 'btn btn-mini'
 
   .span9
     %div
       :markdown
         #{@garden.description}
-
     - if can? :edit, @garden
-      %p= link_to "Plant something", new_planting_path(:garden_id => @garden.id), :class => 'btn btn-large btn-primary'
+      = link_to 'Edit Garden', edit_garden_path(@garden), :class => 'btn btn-mini'
+    - if can? :destroy, @garden
+      = link_to 'Delete Garden', @garden, method: :delete, |
+        data: { confirm: 'All plantings associated with this garden will also be deleted. Are you sure?' }, :class => 'btn btn-mini'
+
+    %h3
+      What's planted here?
+      - if can? :edit, @garden
+        = link_to "Plant something", new_planting_path(:garden_id => @garden.id), :class => 'btn btn-primary'
 
-    %h3 What's planted here?
     - @garden.plantings.each do |p|
       = render :partial => "plantings/thumbnail", :locals => { :planting => p }
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/gardens_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/gardens_controller_spec.rb
index 569f856f6..d96bc2baf 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/gardens_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/gardens_controller_spec.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe GardensController do
     it "redirects to the gardens list" do
       garden = Garden.create! valid_attributes
       delete :destroy, {:id => garden.to_param}
-      response.should redirect_to(gardens_url)
+      response.should redirect_to(garden.owner)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/garden_spec.rb b/spec/models/garden_spec.rb
index 2527ea7f9..1523c504b 100644
--- a/spec/models/garden_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/garden_spec.rb
@@ -71,4 +71,14 @@ describe Garden do
     end
   end
 
+  it "destroys plantings when deleted" do
+    @garden = FactoryGirl.create(:garden, :owner => @owner)
+    @planting1 = FactoryGirl.create(:planting, :garden => @garden)
+    @planting2 = FactoryGirl.create(:planting, :garden => @garden)
+    @garden.plantings.length.should == 2
+    all = Planting.count
+    @garden.destroy
+    Planting.count.should == all - 2
+  end
+
 end