Make it easy to start gardening. Our nine preplanned gardens are all designed by experts. It鈥檚 so much easier than getting started from scratch鈥攁nd it takes away the guesswork. Take a look and learn more.
Preplanned Gardens by Expert Gardeners
Dreaming of fresh tomatoes, tender lettuce, and garden goodness? Wish you could plan a successful garden, but not sure how to go about it? Good news! Our new preplanned gardens are especially perfect for beginners who aren鈥檛 sure how to start a food garden from scratch. But, really, who 飞辞耻濒诲苍鈥檛 want a free garden plan from an expert horticultural designer? Hiring a real designer can be very expensive. Plus, it saves a lot of time to have a sample plan from which to start.
9 Free Garden Designs
Our expert gardeners have now created the following preplanned garden plans. When you go to the ,
- Beginner Garden,
- Salad Garden
- Low-Maintenance Garden
- Herb Garden
- Feed-Your-Family Garden
- North American Heirloom Garden
- Balcony Garden
- Square-Foot Garden (SFG)
- Pollinator Garden
We鈥檒l be developing more gardens over the upcoming months!
To Access the Preplanned Gardens
When you create a garden plan with our , you鈥檒l see that you have the option of opening an old plan or creating a new plan.
After you choose 鈥淐reate New Plan,鈥 all the sample plans above will appear as options. Select whichever plan you like (or try them all)! The plan instantly drops into your Garden Planner, and you can use it as a starting place. You can swap out vegetables that you like better or shift any of the plans to your liking.
Here are a few examples:
Beginner Garden
This plan features common and popular veggies that aren鈥檛 too challenging to grow. We鈥檝e combined plants that grow well together (using our companion planting feature) and calculated the spacing for you. Your plan will automatically generate an entire buying list, planting calendar, and harvesting calendar that fits your exact zip code and corresponding weather station. Then you鈥檒l receive email reminders telling you when to plant what. Plus, you can access our free expert advisors at any time with questions.
Salad Garden
There鈥檚 no question that salad greens taste so tender and delicious straight from the garden. You just can鈥檛 compare to store-bought. Also, a salad garden is perfect for those homeowners who have partial shade or who live in cooler places, as they generally grow best in the cool spring and fall rather than summer.
Herb Garden
An herb garden is a wonderful small garden that鈥檚 best grown near your house, so you can just step outside and snip some herbs when you鈥檙e cooking in the kitchen! Herbs add wonderful flavor, scent, and health benefits to your life!
Feed-Your-Family Garden
For many folks, the idea of feeding your family with vegetables grown in your own garden is very appealing. Our garden designer created this preplanned garden to feed a family of four over the full growing season.
American Heirloom Garden
Many gardeners have expressed an interest in growing more heirloom vegetables. These are the original, non-hybridized seeds which often offer much more taste and variety. In addition, all heirloom plants are open pollinated, meaning that the seeds can be saved and they will grow 鈥渢rue to type鈥 in following years (unlike hybrid).
Square Foot Gardening (SFG) Garden
The popular square-foot-gardening method is especially great for small gardens. The growing area is divided into small one-foot square sections for more intensive planting. In this template, two 4鈥檟4鈥 raised beds have been designed using the SFG principles and a mix of companion crops.
Pollinator Garden
Feed yourself as well as the butterflies, bees, and pollinators! This beautiful garden full of flowers that will attract pollinating insects throughout the year for a more productive vegetable yield but also bigger, better flower blooms.
Plan Your Garden Now
Are you getting excited to plan your garden? Whether you want to use one of our preplanned templates or explore other layout options, our Garden Planner will help you find the best layout for your space- plus provide all your planting and harvesting dates!
You can plan your first garden for free because we offer a 7-day trial鈥攁mple time to plan your dream garden!
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