diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
index c1df403b54..cdd8f5a1c8 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.android.launcher3;
 import static android.animation.ValueAnimator.areAnimatorsEnabled;
 
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.DEACCEL_1_5;
+import static com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags.SHOW_HOME_GARDENING;
 import static com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DraggableView.DRAGGABLE_ICON;
 import static com.android.launcher3.icons.IconNormalizer.ICON_VISIBLE_AREA_FACTOR;
 
@@ -552,7 +553,9 @@ public class CellLayout extends ViewGroup {
     public void setSpringLoadedProgress(float progress) {
         if (Float.compare(progress, mSpringLoadedProgress) != 0) {
             mSpringLoadedProgress = progress;
-            updateBgAlpha();
+            if (!SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+                updateBgAlpha();
+            }
             setGridAlpha(progress);
         }
     }
@@ -577,7 +580,9 @@ public class CellLayout extends ViewGroup {
     public void setScrollProgress(float progress) {
         if (Float.compare(Math.abs(progress), mScrollProgress) != 0) {
             mScrollProgress = Math.abs(progress);
-            updateBgAlpha();
+            if (!SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+                updateBgAlpha();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -616,7 +621,7 @@ public class CellLayout extends ViewGroup {
             }
         }
 
-        if (mVisualizeDropLocation) {
+        if (mVisualizeDropLocation && !SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
             for (int i = 0; i < mDragOutlines.length; i++) {
                 final float alpha = mDragOutlineAlphas[i];
                 if (alpha <= 0) continue;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index 6aff83e300..5d388dcbed 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageUserKey;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.RunnableList;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Thunk;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.WallpaperOffsetInterpolator;
-import com.android.launcher3.views.ActivityContext;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHost;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHost.ProviderChangedListener;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHostView;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
index 3286afb67c..f5d511c7d3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.android.launcher3.states;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags.SHOW_HOME_GARDENING;
 import static com.android.launcher3.logging.StatsLogManager.LAUNCHER_STATE_HOME;
 
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ public class SpringLoadedState extends LauncherState {
 
     @Override
     public ScaleAndTranslation getWorkspaceScaleAndTranslation(Launcher launcher) {
+
+        if (SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+            return super.getWorkspaceScaleAndTranslation(launcher);
+        }
+
         DeviceProfile grid = launcher.getDeviceProfile();
         Workspace<?> ws = launcher.getWorkspace();
         if (ws.getChildCount() == 0) {
@@ -62,6 +68,9 @@ public class SpringLoadedState extends LauncherState {
 
     @Override
     protected float getDepthUnchecked(Context context) {
+        if (SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
         return 0.5f;
     }
 
@@ -72,6 +81,10 @@ public class SpringLoadedState extends LauncherState {
 
     @Override
     public float getWorkspaceBackgroundAlpha(Launcher launcher) {
+        if (SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
         return 0.2f;
     }
 }