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Plan Your Vegetable Garden in Minutes

Free drag-and-drop garden planner with companion planting tips, plant spacing guides, and a personalized planting calendar based on your location.

No account required. 100% free to use.

50+ vegetables & herbs
Companion planting tips
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Top-down illustration of a planned raised-bed vegetable garden with tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, herbs and companion flowers arranged in a tidy grid

Design Your Garden

Click a plant from the left panel, then click on the grid to place it.

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Spacing, companions, planting dates

Quick Tip

Plant basil near tomatoes to improve flavor and repel pests naturally.

Your Planting Calendar

Set your location and we'll map out when to sow, transplant, and harvest each plant in your garden — based on your zone's average frost dates.

Zone 6

Last frost Apr 21 · First frost Oct 17

Frost dates are representative USDA zone averages (USDA Plant Hardiness Zone conventions + NOAA freeze climatology). Local elevation, coast, and microclimate can shift real dates by a week or two — adjust your zone if you know better.

Beyond the planner

Two pages worth keeping open while you plan: one works out your dates from a ZIP code, the other tells you what to plant beside what.

A grid of tiles shading from pale spring green through deep summer green to autumn orange, with seedlings and a carrot

Your sowing dates

Planting Calendar by ZIP Code & USDA Zone

Enter a ZIP code to find your hardiness zone, then read off when to start seeds indoors, transplant, direct sow and harvest.

Six crops — basil, tomato, cabbage, carrot, onion and squash — linked by thin lines showing which pairings work

174 pairings

Companion Planting Chart

Which crops grow well beside each other, which to keep apart, and the spacing, sun and water each one needs — in one printable table.

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Everything You Need to Plan Your Garden

Our free garden planner includes all the tools you need to design a productive vegetable garden, from companion planting guides to personalized planting calendars.

Companion Planting Guide

Know which plants grow well together and which to keep apart. Get instant alerts when placing incompatible plants nearby.

Planting Calendar by Zone

Get personalized planting dates based on your USDA hardiness zone. Know exactly when to start seeds indoors and transplant outdoors.

Square Foot Gardening

Maximize your garden space with square foot gardening spacing. See exactly how many plants fit in each square foot.

Print Your Garden Plan

Export your garden layout as a PDF or print it directly. Take your plan to the garden with a detailed planting guide.

Frost Date Calculator

Enter your ZIP code to get accurate last frost and first frost dates for your area. Plan your growing season with confidence.

50+ Vegetables & Herbs

Choose from our library of popular vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers. Each plant includes detailed growing information.

Plan Your Garden in 3 Easy Steps

No account required. Start planning your vegetable garden in minutes with our free online tool.

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Set Your Garden Size

Choose from preset sizes (4x4, 4x8, 8x8) or enter custom dimensions. Our planner works with any raised bed or in-ground garden.

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Drag & Drop Plants

Browse our library of 50+ vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Drag them onto your garden bed and we'll show you spacing guides and companion planting tips.

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Print Your Plan

Export your finished garden layout as a PDF. Your plan includes a planting calendar, plant list with spacing, and companion planting notes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about garden planning

Companion planting is the practice of growing certain plants together for mutual benefit. Some plants help each other by repelling pests, attracting beneficial insects, or improving soil nutrients. For example, tomatoes and basil are classic companions - basil helps repel aphids and may improve tomato flavor.
Square foot gardening is a method of intensive planting where you divide your garden into 1-foot square sections. Each square is planted with a specific number of plants based on their spacing needs. For example, you can plant 16 carrots, 9 spinach plants, or 1 tomato plant per square foot. This method maximizes space and simplifies planning.
Your USDA hardiness zone is determined by your location's average minimum winter temperature. In our garden planner, simply enter your ZIP code and we'll automatically detect your zone and provide accurate frost dates. This helps you know when to start seeds indoors and when it's safe to transplant outdoors.
The timing depends on your last frost date and the specific plant. Tomatoes and peppers typically need to be started 6-8 weeks before your last frost date. Our planting calendar will calculate the exact dates for each plant based on your location.
Yes! Our garden planner is completely free to use. You can design your garden, get companion planting tips, and print your garden plan - all without creating an account. Optional free registration allows you to save your gardens to the cloud and access them from any device.
Absolutely! You can export your garden layout as a PDF or print it directly from your browser. The printout includes your garden layout, a list of all plants with spacing information, and a personalized planting calendar based on your location.