Free Vegetable Garden Layout Planner

Start from a garden like yours, pick your crops and build a planting plan for where you live. Free to use.

How the planner decides

Space

Beds up to 1.2 m wide, so you reach the middle from the paths. Every plant gets its full-size spacing.

UGA Extension; RHS and Garden Organic spacing.

Sun

Tall crops go on the north side. Shade from the house, sheds, trees and walls is worked out for your latitude.

Midday sun angle by month.

Season

Sowing dates count from your average last frost. A greenhouse lets tender crops in.

NOAA and Environment Canada climate normals; RHS for the UK.

Sequence

Plant families rotate between beds, and bad neighbours are kept apart.

Colorado State, Cornell and Virginia extension guides.

Questions

Is the garden planner free?

Yes. Planning is free and needs no account. To download your plan as a PDF, email it to yourself or save the dates to your calendar, sign up with your email. That is free too.

Where do the frost dates come from?

USA: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Canada: Environment Canada 1981–2010 normals. UK: RHS planting-out guidance. Each region uses one named weather station, and you can enter your own dates.

Can I plan my own garden, an allotment or a raised bed?

Yes. Start from a typical UK, US or Canadian back garden, an allotment, raised beds or patio pots. Then drag the shed, lawn, trees and beds into place, change the size and shape, and turn the garden to face the right way.

How wide should a raised bed be?

No more than 1.2 m (4 ft) for adults, so you can reach the middle from either side without stepping on the soil. Paths of 45–60 cm are comfortable; allow 1.2 m for a wheelbarrow or wheelchair (UGA Extension).

Why are tall crops on the north side?

In the northern hemisphere the midday sun is in the south, so shadows fall north. Tall crops on the north edge shade the path, not your other crops. The planner works out how far the shade reaches for your latitude.

How many plants do I need per person?

For the food goal, the planner uses Virginia Cooperative Extension’s planting amounts per person. They are a planting guide, not a harvest promise.

Which plants should not grow next to each other?

The planner keeps known bad pairs apart, such as tomatoes and potatoes, which share blight. Pairs are marked Proven, Traditional or Avoid, with the source.