diff --git a/roles/shell/tasks/botany.yml b/roles/shell/tasks/botany.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..833d0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/shell/tasks/botany.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Configure botany 
+# must manually initalize sqlite database by running botany as root once
+---
+- name: Clone botany repository
+  git:
+    repo: 'https://github.com/jifunks/botany.git'
+    dest: /var/lib/botany
+    force: yes
+
+- name: Install botany executable
+  file:
+    src: /var/lib/botany/botany.py
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/botany
+    mode: 0755
+    state: link
diff --git a/roles/shell/tasks/main.yml b/roles/shell/tasks/main.yml
index 81fddcc..85ecb53 100644
--- a/roles/shell/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/shell/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 - include: iris.yml
 - include: gopher.yml
 - include: pb.yml
+- include: botany.yml