One project, at your pace

Find what fits.
Make it yours.

Use your garden’s conditions to choose a direction, then keep the images, decisions and practical work together.

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1 · Your garden

Start with what you know.

Leave unknowns open. A location or style name alone cannot establish plant suitability.

What kind of space?How much direct sun?What happens to water?How much care can you give?What matters most?Can you water new planting?

Measurements and climate

Available width (m)Available depth (m)Regional climateKnown USDA cold zone

Dimensions test the worked footprint in either orientation; they do not resize its plants. USDA zones describe winter cold, not summer heat or a complete climate match. How to observe your site.

Your existing brief and notes are kept.

2 · Suitable directions

Ideas with a reason to choose them.

Starting examples. Record your conditions above to see matches, conflicts and the checks still needed.

A shaded courtyard with leafy borders, two chairs and a clear pale-paved route

Small & shaded

Ground-level courtyard · part shade · moist draining soil · 6 × 4 m example.

Dry shade

Draining dry-to-medium shade after establishment · suitable soil chemistry · no excavation around important roots without advice.

A sunny kitchen garden with raised growing beds and clear gravel paths

Beginner raised or in-ground bed

One sunny ground-level bed · internal growing area 1.2 × 2.4 m · suitable soil · access outside both long sides · locally checked crop timing.

3 · Your project

Keep one direction. Develop the details.

Changing your main reference keeps the others and every note. Your notebook’s drawings, budgets and completed care records stay intact.

Main idea reference

Project notes and simpler backup

Preferences and existing project details

These original fields and any saved text are preserved. The condition choices above travel with your brief separately.

Garden typeSpace and dimensionsLocation and climateSunlight and exposureMaintenance timeSoil and drainageWater supplyBudget and phasesPreferences and priorities

Your references

Choose a direction above, or add a reference below.

Add a supporting referenceOpen your saved ideas

Your chosen plants

Use plant references to check a palette against the conditions above. Your original references and notes are kept.

Add plant references to assess them together.

Your project, ready to take with you.

Includes your conditions, references, notes and kept drawing measurements, quantities, budget, dates and care records.

Text, copy and print

Download text

Preview the complete text brief

Back up or restore this brief

A private JSON backup keeps this brief’s conditions, references and notes. Your notebook’s saved ideas, drawings and other practical records have their own notebook backup.

Choose a Garden Ideas Now brief backup

Choosing a file only previews it. Your current draft stays as it is until you select Restore this brief.

Start over

Resetting this project clears its brief and condition choices. Saved ideas and original notebook records are preserved. Undo restores the reset project.

Find what fits. Make it yours.