Native Garden Planner

Plan a garden with native plants suited to where you live. Native Garden Planner is web software for choosing regional native species, arranging them to scale on a canvas, previewing how the planting will look, and exporting a plant list or PDF. It is built for home gardeners, landscape designers, and plant-focused organizations—not as a general CAD tool or a public plant API.

What you can do

Find plants that match your region, sun, soil, and bloom time. Place them at mature size, check spacing, and see a top-down plan plus a side view before you buy anything. Export a diagram, plant list, and shopping list to share with a nursery, client, or volunteer group.

Design to scale

Drag native plants into a true-to-scale layout of your yard so spacing and mature sizes are visible before you plant.

Preview your garden

Switch between a top-down diagram and a photo-style preview to judge how plants look together through the seasons.

Catalog of native plants

Browse thousands of native species filtered by region, light, soil, moisture, bloom time, and pollinator value.

Who it is for

Home gardeners

Plan a first or fifth native garden with a drag-and-drop editor. A free plan is available with no credit card required.

Professional designers

Manage clients, share drafts for feedback, send invoices, and export large-format plans with Pro Projects.

Programs and clubs

Use Workspace plans for shared plant libraries, reusable modules, team roles, and a public page for your organization.

When to use Native Garden Planner

Use this product when the job is to design a native-plant garden, pick region-appropriate species, or produce a plant list. Open the create-garden flow in a browser to edit. For machine-readable indexes see llms.txt, agent-instructions.md, and sitemap.xml.

Native garden planner

Plan a garden withnative plants

Find plants suited to where you live, arrange them to scale, and see how your garden will grow before you plant a thing.

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What People Are Saying

“I just LOVE using the Native Garden Planner so much — it is wonderfully helpful for the three gardens I need to design for clients this fall!”

“I've been native gardening for years and have always done pen to paper planning. Your program is helping me immensely. Honestly, I can't say enough about it!”

“Native Garden Planner incorporates all the features I've wanted with the detailed filters and visualization + tons of things I hadn't thought of that are SO helpful.”

“This is amazing!!! I searched for this specific tool (with no luck) when I started planning. You're making dreams come true over here!”

“I love the planner so much and the new features are great additions. It has been so helpful with planning my garden. Being able to visualize plants and changes more easily has seriously improved my planning efficiency.”

Everything You Need to Plan

Browse native plants, design your layout, and share your finished plan — all in one place.

Design to Scale

Drag native plants into a true-to-scale layout of your yard. See exact spacing and mature sizes before you plant.

Preview Your Garden

Switch between a top-down diagram and a side-by-side photo preview to see how plants look together.

2,000+ Native Plants

Browse a catalog of native species filtered by your region, sun, soil, bloom time, and pollinator value.

Custom Plants & Shapes

Add your own plants, draw freeform garden beds, and overlay a satellite image or site plan.

Export & Share

Generate a PDF with your garden diagram, plant list, and shopping list. Print or share with anyone.

Ecological Intelligence

Every plant shows pollinator value, wildlife benefits, and companion suggestions to help you design with purpose.

Start with a Template

Browse ready-made garden designs. Start with any template, or make your own.

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Built for How You Grow

Whether you’re planting your first garden or managing a landscape design firm, there’s a plan that fits.

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Let's build something beautiful together

Start with a free plan. Design your first garden in minutes. No credit card required.

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