Garden Planner [Desktop and tablet]
How to use the Garden Planner on computers and tablets
87 articles
- How to view a plant's growing informationHow to find all you need to know to grow each plant
- Minimum system requirementsWhat you need to run the Garden Planner
- How to create a new planStep by step instructions to create a new plan for your garden
- Adding plants to your planHow to select plants and add rows and blocks of plants on your plan
- How to add garden beds to your planHow to draw your garden beds on your plan
- Drawing in-ground bedsHow to indicate the position of in-ground beds (as opposed to raised beds) on your plan
- How to draw multiple beds in one planPlanning all your growing areas in one place
- Adding Garden Objects to your planHow to add and use raised beds, greenhouses, fences and other 'garden objects'
- Adding Shapes to your planHow to add and use shapes (rectangles, circles, triangle and the line tool)
- Adding Text to your planHow to use the Text tool to write on your plan
- How to save your plan
- Navigating around your planScrolling around the planning grid using a mouse, trackpad/touchpad, or your finger
- Zooming in or out of your planHow to get a closer or wider view of your plan
- How to resize your planHow to make the planning grid bigger or smaller
- How to plan a garden that is not rectangularHow to use the Garden Planner to plan an odd-shaped garden or irregular-shaped plot
- How to rotate itemsRotating shapes, objects, and rows of plants on your plan
- Block spacing vs row spacingUnderstanding the difference between planting in blocks and planting in rows
- How to use the plant filtersFiltering the plant selector to show only plants that meet your needs
- When to plantHow to use the Garden Planner to find recommended growing dates for your location
- How to assign favorite plantsHow mark plants as favorites to make them quicker to find in the plant selector
- How to find, customize or add your own varietyHow to select plant varieties and customize an unlisted variety
- Find and sort your plansHow to locate your plans in the Garden Planner
- How to lock layers on your planHow to fade out specific elements of your plan and make them non-selectable
- Creating a Follow-on PlanHow to reuse your plan's layout to create next year's plan
- How to view harvest totalsHow to view harvest reports and total yields for the year
- Companion PlantingUsing the Garden Planner to find companions for the plants in your garden. Bad companions advice.
- Choosing a new Sample PlanHow to find and use our templates to try out different layouts for your garden
- How to restart a planWays to delete or remove all items from a plan to start over
- Layer Priority and LockingHow to send items to the front or back
- Adding a background imageImport an aerial photo or detailed plan of your garden to help with planning
- Copy and pasteHow to copy and paste items on your plan
- Deleting an itemHow to delete a plant, object or shape on your plan
- How to snap items to your plan's gridlinesHow to use the Snap to Grid function to 'snap' items to the nearest gridline for accurate positioning
- How to group items to move, copy or rotate togetherHow to group items to move or copy them all together
- Show or hide gridlinesTurn grid lines on or off on your plan
- Turn rulers off or onToggling rulers
- How to minimize the Drawing ToolsHow to make more space to view your plan
- How to rename your planChanging the title of your plan
- Deleting a planHow to permanently delete your garden plan
- How to rotate your whole planRotate your whole plan 90 or 180 degrees with its planting history
- Enable mouse-wheel zoomingSetting to enable zooming when using your mouse wheel
- Use scroll bars or automatic panningChoose what happens when dragging an item near the edges of the planner
- Turn Touch-Drag on or offChoose how you want to select and move items on your plan
- Changing the Text QualityHow to reduce the quality of text and plant labels to help with performance
- Customising the cursorChange the size of the cursor or attach the item to the cursor when adding to your plan
- Changing the start up settingsHow to automatically set up for touch screen and SFG modes when starting the Garden Planner
- How to use the Garden Planner SettingsPersonalize your Garden Planner experience in the Settings
- Adding a compass to your planAdd a compass to work out where sun and shade are likely to fall in your garden
- How to plan your container gardenHow to use the Garden Planner to plan your pot-grown plants.
- How to add irrigation to your planHow to find irrigation components to add to your plan
- Using season extenders on your planAdding cold frames, greenhouses, row covers etc to your plan to extend your growing season
- Changing season extender settingsHow to edit the number of weeks a season extender adjusts your growing season by
- Setting coordinates of Garden Objects and ShapesHow to set the exact position and dimensions of Garden Objects and Shapes on your plan for maximum accuracy
- How to edit plant spacingsCustomizing your own planting distances
- Creating custom plantsEditing plant icons to represent unlisted plants
- How to turn plant labels on or offShow or hide plant labels on your plan
- Turn off or resize plant labelsHow to adjust the size of plant labels, or turn them off altogether
- Adding notes to plantsHow to add notes to plants on your plan
- Creating unique notes for a plant or varietySet a note for a specific instance of a plant on your plan (useful for Succession Planting)
- Resize or turn off colored plant backgroundsHow to adjust or turn off the colored plant backgrounds
- Copy variety informationUsing your own spacings and growing dates for multiple varieties
- How to set a plant's exact coordinates on your planUsing the Position setting for maximum accuracy
- Custom sow, plant and harvest timesCustomizing plant icons to set your own growing dates
- How to edit or hide plant labelsHow to change how plant labels are displayed on your plan
- Setting up Crop Rotation in the Garden PlannerHow the Garden Planner helps with crop rotation
- How to filter the plant selector by crop familyHow to view and choose crops belonging to a particular plant family
- Crop rotation warningsWhy some areas flash red in your follow-on plan
- Planning your succession plantingSet in-ground dates for your plants so you can see what's growing and when throughout the year
- Setting in-ground dates for overwintering plantsHow to make sure your overwintering plants display on next year's plan
- Creating a follow-on plan for fallHow to create a whole new plan for your autumn garden
- How to turn crop rotation warnings on or offHow to add or remove a linked plan from a plan's crop rotation history
- How to show plants that can be sown or planted in the autumnUsing the plant filters to show only plants that can be sown or planted in the fall
- How to copy your planTwo ways to create a duplicate plan for trying out different layouts
- Large or commercial vegetable gardensWays to plan your large growing area
- Sweet potato classificationWhy the Garden Planner classifies sweet potato as Solanacaeae
- How to add a desktop shortcut to the Garden PlannerHow to create a desktop shortcut to the Garden Planner on Windows, Mac, and Chromebook
- How to close the chat windowHow to minimize the chat box when you've finished talking to us
- Colored backgrounds on plant iconsWhy plants are color-coded in the Garden Planner
- Keyboard ShortcutsKeyboard shortcuts for the Garden Planner (Windows and Mac computers)