Garden Layout Planner

Common questions

Can I plan raised beds, vegetables and containers?

Yes. Add a bed for each raised bed or vegetable area, and use plant or ellipse shapes for container footprints. Edit each object’s label, width, height and position using your own measurements. You choose the crops and their spacing; the shapes do not predict growth or recommend planting companions.

How do I draw a square-foot grid or a 4 by 8 foot bed?

Choose Feet, set Snap step to 1 and press Apply boundary. The drawing grid then marks one-foot intervals. Add a bed, set its width to 4 and height to 8, and press Apply object edits. Use 4 by 4 for a square bed. These are editable measured layouts; the grid does not assign crops or calculate plants per square.

Is this an online garden planner I can use on a phone?

The core layout tool is free and needs no account or installation. This garden planning program runs in a current browser on iPhone, Android, iPad, Mac, Windows or Chromebook. On a small screen, use the numeric controls and object list to arrange precise positions, or switch to Pan view to move around a zoomed drawing.

Does changing units change my garden?

No. Geometry is stored in metres. Switching to feet changes displayed values and labels without rescaling the objects. Dimensions you enter in feet are converted using exactly 0.3048 metres per foot.

How are areas calculated?

Rectangular footprints use width times height. Elliptical and plant-symbol footprints use pi times width times height divided by four. Labels have no footprint. Category and object totals are sums, so overlaps are counted more than once; these are not estimates of uncovered land or plant canopy.

Can I move several objects together?

Yes. Select multiple objects in the object list and group them. Moving any grouped part moves the whole group while keeping relative positions. Numeric controls and arrow keys provide alternatives to dragging. Undo and redo restore complete plan states, with up to 50 recent states subject to the local history memory budget.

What is saved and exported?

Touched plans are saved in this browser under this tool’s local key. Project JSON includes geometry, labels, groups, layers and settings. SVG, PNG and print include visible layers; hidden objects remain in the editable project. Print plan opens a dimensioned drawing and object table. Choose Save as PDF in the browser’s print dialog when that option is available. Start over clears the local save. Storage restrictions may prevent saving, so downloadable JSON is also available.

Can the plan include objects outside the boundary?

Yes. Out-of-bound objects are explicitly listed and remain visible in the full drawing and exports. Moving them does not silently crop or resize them. The plan remains a schematic based on the dimensions you supply.

What happens with a very complex plan?

The editable project budget is 5,000 objects and eight million JSON characters. PNG preparation is limited to 16 million pixels and reports when a smaller width is needed. Failed imports or exports preserve the current in-memory plan.

Can I use this as a garden plan template?

Load original example opens a measured bed and path that you can resize, relabel and extend. Save project JSON to keep your own reusable template, then choose Open project JSON to continue editing it later. The template is a drawing, without a gardening journal or seasonal calendar.

Can I plan a shed, cottage garden or pollinator garden?

For a shed’s position in the garden, add a rectangle and label it Shed, then enter its measured footprint. For flower layouts, arrange bed and plant shapes with labels for plants you have chosen. The planner does not design a shed building, choose pollinator or cottage-garden species, or plan bloom seasons.