Sugestion.. Fix Gardening.. and add FC messageing

[Niqote]

It sucks when you lose something.

It sounds like it was your first time using a garden - So by now you would have discovered the access to the Free Companies gardens are dependent on your rank.
You seemed to have permissions to plant/tend but not to harvest - which in my own opinion is a silly thing for the FC leader to do if you are not a close knit group.

If I were you, I would explain the situation to your FC leader or officer politely, tell them you have lost your seeds via someone else taking them (and the FC log will have their name and the plot they harvested under 'Activity') or let them know you lost your seeds because there was no one active who could get it for you and they withered; whatever the case may be. (Is it possible the person who took 'your' harvest simply hasnt seen you yet and will end up giving it to you when they do see you?)

The gardens belong to the Free Company and as such they may give you permission or not, since they put the Gil up to purchase them after all.

I hope your leader or officers help you out by inter crossing you a new seed/s or by making a special rank so that if someone wanted to grow something in particular they can be assigned that rank for a few days. In the case of my FC - I am the 'Gardener' and when gardens were new I would ask everyone what they wanted. If 4 people wanted a Madragora Queen then I set to work doing that and charged them a few grade 3 soils and/or seeds for the service.

There will be a 'FC board' - but its currently on 'please look forward to it' status.