# Model Garden

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Vertex AI Model Garden, Google Model Garden

A catalog in [Google Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gcp)'s [Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vertex-ai), formerly Vertex AI, where teams find and [deploy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/deployment) [AI models](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/model) from [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google) and other makers.

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) picks an [open-weights model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source-vs-open-weights) from Model Garden and [deploys](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/deployment) it in the company's [Google Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gcp) account.

Official site: <https://cloud.google.com/model-garden>

## Connects to (4)

- [Model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/model): The trained system at the center of an AI product.
- [Open source vs open weights](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source-vs-open-weights): Two labels for AI models that people often mix up.
- [Vertex AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vertex-ai): Google Cloud's platform for building, running and evaluating AI models and agents in a business setting, with access to Gemini and other…
- [Hugging Face](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hugging-face): A platform where the machine learning community shares AI models, datasets and demo apps.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/model-garden