readme.md

# README
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<font size = "18"> GRDN 🌱</font>
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author: Danielle Heymann
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contact: dheymann314@gmail.com
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last updated: 12/17/2023
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GRDN is an application that allows users to optimize a garden and its plant beds through companion planting, generative AI, and optimization. It is a work in progress. </font>
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## Background
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![app1](src/assets/readme1.png)
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![app2](src/assets/readme2.png)
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![app3](src/assets/readme3.png)
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![app4](src/assets/readme4.png)
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![app5](src/assets/readme5.png)
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## Setup
- setup conda environment 
  >*conda create --name=GRDN_env*
- install dependencies
  >*pip install -r requirements.txt*
- download local model and add it to model folder
  >I used LLama2 7B HF Chat model
  >https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-Chat-GGUF/blob/main/llama-2-7b-chat.Q4_K_M.gguf

## Running App
- navigate to ...GRDN/src
- activate environment
  >*conda activate GRDN_env*
- run app
  >*python -m streamlit run app.py*