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Raised bed planner

Set your bed's size and depth, then plant it square by square. The planner counts every plant, works out the soil to fill it, flags neighbours that clash and gives planting months for your zone.

Length
8 ft
Width
4 ft
Depth
12 in

Planting Lettuce: tap or drag across squares. 4 plants per square

NNorth side · tall crops here8 ft
4 ft

Rather have the whole season planned for you, by household size? Plan it with the garden creator

How many plants per square in a raised bed

How many of each crop fit one 1 ft square at square-foot spacing. Where sources differ, the range is shown with the crop.

1 per 2 squares

1 per square

2 per square

  • Cucumberon a trellis · without a trellis: 1

4 per square

8 per square

  • Peason a trellis · sources say 8⁠–⁠9

9 per square

16 per square

All 53 crops, in the square foot garden planner

Four things to settle first

  1. 1

    Keep it 4 feet wide

    You can reach the middle from both sides without stepping on the soil. Length is up to you; 8 feet matches standard board lengths.

  2. 2

    Go 10 to 12 inches deep

    Enough for most vegetables. Carrots, parsnips and potatoes do better in 12 inches or more; salad greens and herbs grow in 6 to 8.

  3. 3

    Fill it with a loose mix

    Use a loose mix of garden soil and compost, not packed soil from the yard. The planner above works out how much the bed takes at the depth you set.

  4. 4

    Plan it by the square

    Divide the bed into 1 ft squares and give each crop its number per square, as the planner does: one tomato, four lettuces, sixteen carrots.

Where the counts come from

Each count is the value most of these sources give; where they disagree, the range is shown with the crop.

19 sources

Keep exploring

Planting guide

What to grow, how far to space it, and when to start every crop.

Garden calendar

Month-by-month sowing and harvest windows for your climate.

Companion planting

Which plants thrive side by side — and which to keep apart.

Hardiness zones

Find your zone and the plants that overwinter where you garden.

Plan it this winter.
Plant it on time.

Draw next season's beds now — every sowing date lands on your calendar, with a reminder before each one. Free to start.

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