diff --git a/garden.yaml b/garden.yaml
index 5c29de6..035ca4c 100644
--- a/garden.yaml
+++ b/garden.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ trees:
       check>:
         - check/lua
         - check/fmt
-      check/fmt: garden -vv fmt -- --check "$@"
+      check/fmt: garden ${GARDEN_CMD_VERBOSE} fmt -- --check "$@"
       check/lua: luacheck lua
       doc>:
         - doc/build
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ trees:
         nvim +'helptags doc | exit'
       fmt: stylua "$@" lua/*/*.lua
       setup: |
-        garden -vv grow panvimdoc
-        garden -vv deps panvimdoc
+        garden ${GARDEN_CMD_VERBOSE} grow panvimdoc
+        garden ${GARDEN_CMD_VERBOSE} deps panvimdoc
 
   panvimdoc:
     description: Generate vimdoc documentation from pandoc markdown