All-in-one Vegetable
Garden Planner

Organize your space to make planting easier

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How to Design a Garden Layout with GardenBox 3D?

Want to plan a garden or reorganize the current plot to optimize your crops? With GardenBox 3D, you can easily arrange the irrigation, plan shadows and sunlight, and create a garden tailored to your local climate. It takes just a few minutes to make your dream yard – just follow these simple steps:

Create more than a regular planting chart – make a plan with different zones
Make organic amendments in your digital plan
Consider details to maximize your crops
Visualize your future succession crops

Explore 500+ Furnishing Items

In addition to planting and crop rotation, you can organize other essential details of your outdoor area. Make your project complete with a wide variety of customizable constructions, furniture, and decorative objects. If you grow plants indoors, you can transplant them to your patio for a cozy atmosphere – the catalog offers a range of potted plants.

GardenBox 3D doesn’t require powerful hardware and using it is a walk in a park. This is a drag-and-drop program suitable for amateur and seasonal gardeners alike.

Rose arch
White two story house
Green motorcycle
BBQ grill
Poppies
Small greenhouse
Outdoor chairs with cushions
Glass gazebo with seating area
Monstera Deliciosa
Ping-pong table
Birch
Rattan sofa with cushions
Flowers in white pot
Garden gnome
White rose bush
Marble fountain
Garden table
Small lamppost
White porch swing
Bench
Red rose bush
Lantern
Pond with bridge
Flowers in wooden pot
Rocking chair
Playground slide
Modern lantern
Round swimming pool with wooden deck
Lilac bush
Lounger
Blue spruce
Blue flowers
Hanging egg chair
Yucca
Big pond
Lavender
Frame pool
Two-car garage
Click and drag your mouse to
scroll through the landscape
design items
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Experiment with Garden Design Ideas

Paths between flowerbeds
Dark brown expanded clay paths between beds
Sand paths between beds
Orange cobblestone paths between flower beds
Paths between flower beds made of light gray pavers
Asphalt paths between beds
Gray-brown stone paths
Fine gray-brown soil paths
Light gray crushed stone
Dark brown expanded clay
Yellow-brown sand
Orange pavers
Light gray pavers
Asphalt
Gray-brown stone
Fine gray-brown soil
Click on a texture to
see the result

Features for Planning a Successful Vegetable Garden

Whether you’re a beginner gardener or a professional landscape designer, you’ll find the features in Gardenbox 3D handy and easy to use. Let’s check out some of them:

Successful garden visualization

  • Choose from 200+ plants in the built-in catalog
  • Change the ground type: soil, sand, concrete, etc.
  • Visualize the shadows in the morning, afternoon, evening, or at night to place the crops according to their need for light
  • View the sun position and shadows at the selected date and time based on the accurate plot coordinates
  • Take a virtual tour of your vegetable garden in 3D

Planning tools for garden gurus

  • Make layouts based on square foot gardening, succession planting, traditional row planting,
    or other common techniques
  • Draw pipes to arrange your garden irrigation
  • Add water sprinklers and set their spray radius
  • Calculate the planting area to plan sowing
    and harvesting
  • Measure distances between beds and rows

Our Clients

GardenBox 3D is a great asset to the toolkit of gardeners, farmers, and landscape designers. It helps enthusiasts and professionals to try personalized planting and square-foot gardening, create productive garden plans, grow healthy plants, and optimize harvests all around the globe: in the US, France, Germany, and other countries.

Woodfield Ecology
B Bilby Surveyors Limited
Bachhofer Garten und Landschaftsbau
Magic Landscaping
S&B Minibaggerarbeiten GbR
UN MAX DE PAYSAGE
Alcaraz Landscaping & Maintenance LLC
RB Paysages & Services
Bocquier Paysage
IL GIARDINIERE SNC
Woodfield Ecology
B Bilby Surveyors Limited
Bachhofer Garten und Landschaftsbau
Magic Landscaping
S&B Minibaggerarbeiten GbR
UN MAX DE PAYSAGE
Alcaraz Landscaping & Maintenance LLC
RB Paysages & Services
Bocquier Paysage
MDJA Tree Service and Landscaping
Four Seasons
B&B Doremi
ReitstallHoffman
AIA Paysages
Yates Build
CM Giardinieri
Broadacres LTD
Officina Verde
AMC Presta Loc
Le Jardin de la Chaumière
Four Seasons
B&B Doremi
ReitstallHoffman
AIA Paysages
Yates Build
CM Giardinieri
Broadacres LTD
Officina Verde
AMC Presta Loc
Le Jardin de la Chaumière

Examples of Garden Design Projects

Visualize your garden in detail before drafting your planting schedule
Vegetable garden with different zones and bollard lights
Edit your plot like a professional gardener and enjoy good crops
Detailed garden plan with multiple raised beds
Convenient option for plants that require sowing seeds indoors, as well as for protection against last spring frosts
Strawberry beds and a large gable greenhouse
Consider planting options and decide how to transplant things in advance
Project featuring a small garden with two vegetable beds
Grow healthy plants in a glasshouse to protect them from local frost
Garden plan with several greenhouses
Try succession techniques to get steady harvests
Layout with berry bushes and Japanese stone pathways
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What Gardeners and Landscape Designers Say
about GardenBox 3D

Melanie Grimes
USA
GardenBox 3D completely changed how I map out my backyard plots. That shadow preview feature is an absolute lifesaver. I know exactly where the sun hits my yard throughout the day now. My whole setup looks super organized this season.
Brendon Myers
Canada
I wanted to organize not just the plants, but also buildings and pathways, and GardenBox 3D helped me to do it all. I’ve created a garden plan with a greenhouse, raised beds, and a storage shed, then my wife added flower beds and picked outdoor decor and lights. It was fun and practical all at once.
Liz Jackson
Australia
I’m an experienced gardener and let me tell you this is one of the best planners I’ve tried. It is awesome having over 200 plants to choose from, especially the herbs and fruit trees. There are also handy tools like a grid mode, digital ruler for precise measurements, and 3D walkthroughs.

Visualize Garden Space with Free Design Tool

Getting ready for the growing season is just the start. Take advantage of all the capabilities of GardenBox 3D to plan your dream space. You can make a cozy spot for family gatherings, a lounge zone, an outdoor kitchen near the garden, and so on.

Since it’s a desktop program, it offers smooth rendering. Plus, it functions completely offline and has no distracting ads. What’s more, this landscape planner has an intuitive interface and built-in prompts that guide you through the process. Let’s see some go-to ideas you might like to try!

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FAQ

What is the 70/30 rule in succession gardening?

The 70/30 rule is a design trick according to which 70% of your plants should be structural and evergreen to form the permanent backbone of your garden. The remaining 30% is for seasonal accents, such as bright flowers or experimental crops.

Can a program help me plan "Companion Planting" to naturally deter pests and disease in a growing season?

Yes, GardenBox 3D lets you plan a pest-deterring layout with companion plants. For example, you can try planting strongly scented herbs to mask the smell of nearby vegetables and confuse pests. You should also mix flowers like marigolds and sunflowers so they attract predatory insects who naturally hunt down aphids, hornworms, and thrips.

How can I plan irrigation in my landscape layout?

Plan water irrigation by grouping plants with similar needs together on your plot and considering specialized setups that require separate micro-drip zones. You also need to map out irrigation lines for precise watering in garden beds. Finally, add sprinklers with adjustable spray radius.

How do I account for sunlight patterns and shadows from structures in my digital succession planting garden plan?

Use the built-in digital compass to preview real-time shadow movement across your garden layout. First, recreate the existing plot considering precise measurements and actual geographical parameters, including slopes and elevations. Then, preview your crop layout under morning, afternoon, and evening light.

What is the optimal path width between raised beds for easy access with a wheelbarrow?

It’s recommended to keep the path width around 36 to 48 inches since a standard wheelbarrow is typically 24 to 28 inches.

Can I customize the shapes and materials of raised beds (e.g., metal, wood, or stone) in the crop rotation planner?

Yes, you can change a bed’s shape and the retaining wall width and height in your personalized planting chart. It’s also possible to personalize the surface materials and soil inside a bed if you’re planning to sow seeds.

Get started with GardenBox 3D today!

  • Draw land plots, recreating actual shape & size
  • Arrange buildings, plants, and furniture items
  • Customize textures and colors of any surface
  • Visualize your garden at any time of day
  • Take a virtual walkthrough of your property
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