diff --git a/src/controllers/api/getShipController.ts b/src/controllers/api/getShipController.ts
index 5d52275d..c68ff789 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/getShipController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/getShipController.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ import { RequestHandler } from "express";
 import { config } from "@/src/services/configService";
 import allShipFeatures from "@/static/fixed_responses/allShipFeatures.json";
 import { getAccountIdForRequest } from "@/src/services/loginService";
-import { getPersonalRooms } from "@/src/services/personalRoomsService";
+import { createGarden, getPersonalRooms } from "@/src/services/personalRoomsService";
 import { getShip } from "@/src/services/shipService";
 import { toOid } from "@/src/helpers/inventoryHelpers";
 import { IGetShipResponse } from "@/src/types/shipTypes";
 import { IPersonalRoomsClient } from "@/src/types/personalRoomsTypes";
 import { getLoadout } from "@/src/services/loadoutService";
-import { getRandomElement } from "@/src/services/rngService";
 
 export const getShipController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
     const accountId = await getAccountIdForRequest(req);
@@ -16,64 +15,7 @@ export const getShipController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
 
     // Setup gardening if it's missing. Maybe should be done as part of some quest completion in the future.
     if (personalRoomsDb.Apartment.Gardening.Planters.length == 0) {
-        const plantTypes = [
-            "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantA",
-            "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantB",
-            "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantC",
-            "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantD",
-            "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantE",
-            "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantF"
-        ];
-        const endTime = new Date(Date.now() + 79200_000); // Plants will take 22 hours to grow
-        personalRoomsDb.Apartment.Gardening = {
-            Planters: [
-                {
-                    Name: "Garden0",
-                    Plants: [
-                        {
-                            PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
-                            EndTime: endTime,
-                            PlotIndex: 0
-                        },
-                        {
-                            PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
-                            EndTime: endTime,
-                            PlotIndex: 1
-                        }
-                    ]
-                },
-                {
-                    Name: "Garden1",
-                    Plants: [
-                        {
-                            PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
-                            EndTime: endTime,
-                            PlotIndex: 0
-                        },
-                        {
-                            PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
-                            EndTime: endTime,
-                            PlotIndex: 1
-                        }
-                    ]
-                },
-                {
-                    Name: "Garden2",
-                    Plants: [
-                        {
-                            PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
-                            EndTime: endTime,
-                            PlotIndex: 0
-                        },
-                        {
-                            PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
-                            EndTime: endTime,
-                            PlotIndex: 1
-                        }
-                    ]
-                }
-            ]
-        };
+        personalRoomsDb.Apartment.Gardening = createGarden();
         await personalRoomsDb.save();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/personalRoomsService.ts b/src/services/personalRoomsService.ts
index 24399655..61e0ddda 100644
--- a/src/services/personalRoomsService.ts
+++ b/src/services/personalRoomsService.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { PersonalRooms } from "@/src/models/personalRoomsModel";
 import { addItem, getInventory } from "@/src/services/inventoryService";
 import { TPersonalRoomsDatabaseDocument } from "../types/personalRoomsTypes";
+import { IGardeningDatabase } from "../types/shipTypes";
+import { getRandomElement } from "./rngService";
 
 export const getPersonalRooms = async (accountId: string): Promise<TPersonalRoomsDatabaseDocument> => {
     const personalRooms = await PersonalRooms.findOne({ personalRoomsOwnerId: accountId });
@@ -25,3 +27,64 @@ export const updateShipFeature = async (accountId: string, shipFeature: string):
     await addItem(inventory, shipFeature, -1);
     await inventory.save();
 };
+
+export const createGarden = (): IGardeningDatabase => {
+    const plantTypes = [
+        "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantA",
+        "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantB",
+        "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantC",
+        "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantD",
+        "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantE",
+        "/Lotus/Types/Items/Plants/MiscItems/DuvxDuviriGrowingPlantF"
+    ];
+    const endTime = new Date(Date.now() + 79200_000); // Plants will take 22 hours to grow
+    return {
+        Planters: [
+            {
+                Name: "Garden0",
+                Plants: [
+                    {
+                        PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
+                        EndTime: endTime,
+                        PlotIndex: 0
+                    },
+                    {
+                        PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
+                        EndTime: endTime,
+                        PlotIndex: 1
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Garden1",
+                Plants: [
+                    {
+                        PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
+                        EndTime: endTime,
+                        PlotIndex: 0
+                    },
+                    {
+                        PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
+                        EndTime: endTime,
+                        PlotIndex: 1
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Garden2",
+                Plants: [
+                    {
+                        PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
+                        EndTime: endTime,
+                        PlotIndex: 0
+                    },
+                    {
+                        PlantType: getRandomElement(plantTypes),
+                        EndTime: endTime,
+                        PlotIndex: 1
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    };
+};