Plan my garden

Four short steps from “I have a bed” to a planting plan with dates for your ZIP code. Free, no account; your plan stays in this browser.

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How the planner works

  1. Your space. Raised beds of any size and pots. Not sure yet? Start with one 4 × 8 ft bed.
  2. People and crops. Pick crops and say how many people you are feeding. Amounts start from extension per-person tables and shrink to fit your space, square foot by square foot.
  3. Layout. Crops are placed for you, tall ones on the north edge. Tap two squares to swap them.
  4. Season plan. When to start seeds, plant out, sow for fall and pick, for your ZIP code; the soil to fill your beds; and a list of seeds and plants to buy. Print it or save it to My garden.

The numbers come from the same data as the rest of the site: the plants-per-person chart (Utah State, Kansas State, Virginia Tech and Texas A&M extension tables), the spacing chart, the planting rules on each plant page, NOAA 1991–2020 frost normals for your ZIP code, and University of Maryland Extension’s raised-bed soil mix.