How to Grow Tomatoes
Lay out your raised beds to scale before you build a thing
Draw your yard, drop in raised beds, and see right away whether every bed is easy to reach with room to walk between them. Free, no sign-up, no download. Works on phones, tablets and computers.
What you can do with it
- Draw your real space: set your yard size on a 1 ft grid, trace fences corner to corner, and point the compass north.
- Add raised beds: pick a common kit size like 4×8 or draw your own. Resize, rotate, color, name and add notes to each bed.
- Check your spacing: the planner flags any bed you can't reach into from a path, or any path too narrow to walk.
- Start from a layout: load one of six starter garden layouts and tweak it to fit your yard.
- Add an arch trellis: drop an arch over the path between two beds for climbing plants.
- Save, share and shop: save several designs, send a link to your plan, download a picture, and see the bed kits and soil you'll need.
How it works
- Measure your space. Pace it off. One normal step is about 2½ feet.
- Draw the yard. Enter the size and add a fence if you have one.
- Place your beds. Add kit sizes or custom beds and arrange them until the spacing checks pass.
- Build it. Grab your shopping list, work out your soil, and share the plan with whoever's helping.
Questions
Is the Garden Planner really free?
Yes. There's no account, no trial and nothing to install.
Where are my designs saved?
In your web browser on the device you used. Come back on the same browser and they'll be there. To move a plan to another device, use Share to send yourself a link.
How much space should I leave between raised beds?
The planner checks for paths at least 3 feet wide and makes sure no part of a bed is more than 2 feet from a path, so you can reach the middle without stepping in the soil.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. On a phone the map fills the screen and the tools sit at the bottom within thumb reach.