Turn your garden design into a planting plan
GardenDesign.ai turns your garden concept into a practical planting plan with real plants selected for your growing conditions, clear placement guidance, quantities, soil recommendations and a shopping list.
Chosen for your growing conditions
See how planting is arranged
Know how many to buy
Bloom and monthly calendars
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GardenDesign.ai connects the two — so your visual garden concept can become a practical planting plan you can follow.
A garden planting plan shows which plants are recommended for a garden, where they can be placed and how many are needed. A useful planting plan also considers factors such as mature plant size, sunlight, soil, climate, spacing and seasonal interest. GardenDesign.ai combines these planting decisions with your garden design and personal growing conditions.
A list of plants is useful. Knowing how they work together in the garden is much more useful.
Your planting plan provides placement guidance to help you understand how plants can be arranged within the design.
Lower plants and edging.
Main flowering and structural planting.
Taller plants and background structure.
Plants used as focal points where appropriate.
The planting layout is a practical planting guide, not a measured architectural drawing.
See the design. Understand the planting.
One of the hardest parts of buying plants is knowing the right quantity. Too few can make a bed feel unfinished, while too many can create overcrowding as plants mature.
Your Garden Plan provides recommended quantities for the planting concept.
Quantities are recommendations for the planting concept and can be adjusted to your budget and bed sizes.
Plan Before I Buy
Plants change dramatically after planting. Mature height and spread matter when deciding both placement and quantities.
GardenDesign.ai considers relevant plant characteristics so the planting plan is based on how plants develop — not only how they look in a nursery pot.
How tall the plant is expected to become.
How much width it is likely to fill.
Upright, spreading, climbing or clump-forming.
How much room to leave between plants.
How much pruning and care it usually needs.
Give plants room to become the garden you planned.
A planting plan should not begin with appearance alone. Plants also need to make sense for the conditions where they will grow.
GardenDesign.ai matches plant recommendations to the information you provide about your garden.
Your region and hardiness conditions.
Sun, part shade or shade through the day.
Soil type and relevant improvements.
How much space each plant will need.
When the plant is expected to flower.
How much time you want to spend gardening.
Right plant. Right place. Better plan.
Start with the space you already have and move step by step from inspiration to practical planting decisions.
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Once the planting is planned, shopping becomes much easier. Instead of trying to remember a design from a screenshot, your Garden Plan gives you a structured list of the plants and materials the design calls for.
Names and quantities.
Relevant soil recommendations.
Know where the plants belong.
Keep everything together while shopping and planting.
Buy with a plan instead of guessing.
A planting plan is not only about where plants go. Their flowering periods also determine how the garden changes throughout the season.
Your bloom calendar helps you see when recommended plants are expected to flower and where seasonal gaps may occur.
Plan the garden through time as well as space.
Planting is only the beginning. Your monthly care calendar helps you understand relevant tasks such as planting, pruning, feeding and seasonal maintenance for the plants in your plan.
A planting plan that keeps helping after planting day.
Upload a photo and tell us what you want to create.
Develop your garden concept with GardenDesign.ai.
Get real plant recommendations based on your garden conditions.
Receive placement guidance, quantities, shopping information, planting guidance and year-round care.
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An AI garden planner helps with the broader process of developing a garden concept, choosing plants and planning the project.
A planting plan focuses more specifically on implementation: which plants are used, where they are positioned and how many are needed.
Looking for the full planning process? Explore our AI garden planner →
Make careful planting choices where space is limited.
Plan planting areas and groups in manageable sections.
Container-based spaces require different growing decisions.
Working with a compact plot? See small garden design.
Growing in containers instead? See balcony garden design.
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A planting plan tells you exactly which plants to buy for your garden, where each one goes and how many you need, plus soil, planting and care guidance.
🌿 Recommended plants matched to your garden
🗺 Placement for each plant
📐 Quantities and spacing
💧 Soil and planting notes
📅 Ongoing care guidance
A garden design shows the visual idea and atmosphere; a planting plan turns that idea into something you can actually plant.
🎨 Design: look, mood and layout ideas
🌿 Planting plan: specific plants and placement
📐 Quantities to buy
🛒 A shopping list to act on
Yes, your Garden Plan includes a planting layout with placement guidance and planting layers, so you can see how everything is arranged.
🗺 Layout showing where each plant sits
📐 Layers from tall backdrop plants to low edging
📖 A practical guide rather than a measured architectural drawing
Yes, the plan lists recommended quantities for the planting concept so you're not guessing at the garden centre.
📐 Quantities sized to your beds
🛒 Easy to adjust to your budget
🌿 Matched to the plants recommended for your space
Yes, recommended spacing is based on each plant's mature spread and growth habit, so the planting has room to fill in properly.
📐 Spacing based on mature width
🌿 Growth habit taken into account
✅ No overcrowding as plants mature
Yes, expected mature height and spread are part of how plants are selected and positioned in your plan.
📐 Mature height and spread considered
🌿 Positioning based on eventual size
🌡 Actual growth still varies with site, soil and care
Plant recommendations are matched to the location and growing conditions you share with us.
🌡 Climate and hardiness zone
☀ Sunlight the area receives
💧 Soil type and moisture
🌿 Plants chosen to actually thrive, not just look good
Yes, the Garden Plan includes relevant soil guidance and improvements for the plants recommended.
💧 Soil type and condition notes
🌿 Amendments suited to your plant choices
📅 Guidance timed with planting
Yes, the Complete Garden Plan is a PDF with a structured shopping list of plants and materials, so you can shop straight from it.
🛒 Plant list ready to hand to staff
📥 Delivered as a downloadable PDF
✅ No guesswork at the till
Yes, you can focus the plan on a single bed or planting area instead of the whole garden.
🗺 Scoped to one bed or corner
📐 Quantities sized to that area
🌿 Same level of plant detail as a full garden plan
Yes, and compact gardens benefit especially from careful plant sizing and quantities so nothing overcrowds the space.
📐 Sizing chosen for tight beds
🌸 Plants that reward small footprints
🗺 See our small garden design page for more on limited spaces
Yes, you start by uploading a photo of your garden, then answer a few questions about your conditions and what you want.
📸 Upload a photo of your space
💬 Answer questions on sun, soil and style
🌿 Get plant recommendations built from your answers
Yes, the bloom calendar shows the expected flowering periods of the recommended plants across the season.
🌸 Flowering windows for each plant
📅 Spread across the season for continuous colour
🌿 Tied to the plants actually recommended for you
Yes, the Complete Garden Plan includes planting guidance for the recommended plants.
📖 Step-by-step planting notes
🌿 Specific to each recommended plant
💧 Paired with soil preparation tips
Yes, a monthly care calendar covers relevant tasks so you know what to do and when.
📅 Month-by-month task list
🌿 Planting, pruning and feeding covered
✅ Seasonal maintenance included
Exact measurements can improve precision for certain projects, but you can begin from just a photo and garden information.
📸 Start from a photo, no survey required
📐 Estimated dimensions used for quantities and spacing
📖 A practical planting and design guide, not a measured architectural survey
Yes, uploading your garden, exploring a design and seeing initial plant recommendations is free.
✅ Free to upload, explore and preview plants
🔓 The Complete Garden Plan is a one-time purchase
📥 No subscription required
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Start with your garden, choose your direction and turn the design into a practical planting plan with real plants, placement, quantities, shopping guidance and seasonal care.
From plant list to planting day.
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