Personalized for your zone, your plot, your crops
A vegetable garden plan tuned to your zone, your space, and what you actually want to grow.
Pick your USDA zone (or your zip), describe your plot, choose your crops. We deliver a printable plan PDF in under a minute. $9, one-time, refundable.
A real generated plan
Your Zone 6b raised-bed garden plan
A 4'x8' Boston-area bed, six crops, full sun — planted in May and producing through October.
A 4-foot by 8-foot raised bed — 32 square feet of working soil — in full sun on Boston's zone 6b schedule. With six crops chosen, the bed divides naturally into a sun-loving back row (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers on a trellis) and a cooler front edge (leaf lettuce, basil, bush beans) that can rotate as the season warms. Last frost falls in early May; first fall frost in late October — about a 24-week growing window. The plan below treats early May as the pivot date that everything else is timed against.
First three crops
- Tomato24" spacing60–90 days to maturity
Start two seedlings indoors in mid-March so they're stocky 6-8 inch transplants by mid-May.
- Leaf Lettuce6" spacing30–50 days to maturity
Direct-sow a small block at the cool front edge of the bed in early April, four weeks before last frost.
- Bell Pepper18" spacing60–90 days to maturity
Peppers like a longer indoor head start than tomatoes — sow in early March.
First three months
- March. Order seeds and check transplant dates against your last-frost target of early May. Start tomato seedlings indoors mid-month under a south window or grow light. Start pepper seedlings indoors early in the month — they need the longest head start.
- April. Direct-sow leaf lettuce in the front of the bed at the start of the month. Start basil indoors in the last week of the month. Top-dress the bed with two inches of finished compost and rake smooth.
- May. First week: harden off tomato and pepper seedlings — a few hours outside each day, increasing. After last frost (early May): transplant tomatoes 24 inches apart along the back. Stake them. Mid-May: direct-sow cucumbers at the trellis and bush beans along the front. Late May: transplant peppers and basil once nights stay above 50°F. Re-sow leaf lettuce one more time before the bed warms.
Personalized to your actual climate
The plan uses your USDA hardiness zone and frost dates as ground truth — every “plant tomatoes after May 15” is calibrated to your location, not a generic blog post.
Instant, not 1–3 days
Etsy custom-garden-plan sellers ship in 24–72 hours. Plotpatch delivers in under a minute. Useful when you’re planning the bed this weekend.
Cheaper than the alternative
Etsy custom plans cost $15–40 with a wait. County Master Gardener consults are slot-bound. Plotpatch is $9, instant, no scheduling.
Multi-page, printable, garden-side reference
Month-by-month planting calendar, spacing diagrams, succession schedule, harvest timeline, watering and fertilizing notes. Designed to print and bring outside.
How it works
- 1. Tell us about your plot. Pick your zone (or paste your zip), choose plot type and size, list the crops you want.
- 2. Pay $9. One checkout, no account, no subscription.
- 3. Print the PDF. Multi-page plan with planting calendar, spacing, succession schedule, and harvest timeline — in your inbox within a minute.
Common questions
- What if my zip code isn't recognized?
- Pick your USDA hardiness zone directly (1a–13b) and confirm your average last-frost month. The plan uses those values as ground truth — the language model is never allowed to invent zone or frost data.
- Can I get a plan for two plots?
- Each $9 order builds one plan. If you have two distinctly different plots (different sun exposure or plot type), order two — they’ll come back tuned for each separately.
- Does this work for containers?
- Yes. Container is one of the four plot-type presets, and the plan adjusts spacing, watering frequency, and crop suggestions accordingly.
- What if I'm not in the US?
- USDA zones are US-specific, but if you know your equivalent hardiness zone (1a–13b) and last-frost month, the plan still works. International expansion with native zone systems (RHS, Canadian, Köppen-Geiger) is on the roadmap.
- Can I get a refund?
- Yes. 7-day one-click self-serve refund from your order page — no forms, no questions. Refunds appear on your statement in 5–10 business days.
- When will my plan arrive?
- Within a minute of checkout, in your inbox and at a private URL on this site. If something goes wrong with generation, the order is auto-refunded and we’ll reach out.