Garden Master

Garden Designer

The Garden Designer will guide you through 9 simple steps to plan your garden.

Step 1

The Garden Designer Simplifies Garden Planning

First you enter the state and area in which you live. With reliable data from sources like the National Climatic Data Center, the Garden Master then finds and shows you your average frost dates and calculates the length of your growing season. With over 3,000 locations in the database you'll likely be very accurate, however you can adjust the dates to precisely match your own yard!

Step 2

What type of Garden do you want?

Second, you decide what kind or type of garden you want, such as single row, Grow-Bed, or Grow-Box.

Step 3

Plan Your Space

Third, you lay out the space you have, and the Garden Master automatically shows the growing beds as they would look in that space, using recommended row and aisle spacings. Of course you can change any of these dimensions, including customizing bed and aisle sizes, to achieve exactly what you want your garden to look like.

Step 4

Which Direction Will Your Beds Run?

Fourth, you specify the direction your beds will run. This is important because later Garden Master will automatically place your vegetables to maximize their exposure to the sun.

Step 5

Fifth, you list the plants you want to grow. There are over 50 vegetables in the database, and here you can see a photo of the plant and learn how best to grow it, such as planting, fertilizing, watering, weeding, germination, nutrition, storage, and even planting companions. You can of course also add any other plant you want to your Garden Master Designer.

Step 6

Sixth, you decide how much of each plant you want to grow - either in # of feet or # of plants. To assist you the projected yield is calculated, and you can view the resulting garden diagram, then change everything until you are satisfied - even moving plants from their recommended locations to ones that suit you better.

Step 7

In the Seventh step, the Garden Master shows you a daily calendar, with detailed planting instructions for each vegetable, including dates seeds should be planted, seedlings transplanted to the field, and fruit harvested. You are also shown when to prepare the soil, fertilize, weed, and water each plant, row by row. You can print the calendar daily or for any range of dates, thus giving you a daily task list for your garden.

Step 8

The Eighth step automatically creates a customized list of materials, including the amount of seeds, seedlings, and fertilizer you will need for your garden plan. You can also print an order form and actually order these materials, as well as other supplies you may want.

Step 9

In the Ninth and final step, you can print reports to help you keep track of your garden's progress throughout the season.

When finished you are able to save your work, so that you can re-open and revise it at any time. This feature also lets you create and save many different garden plans if you so desire. This can be great for playing what-if with your own garden, or you can use it to teach and assist others in planning their gardens!