Little Plot Works

Little space. Well planned.

Make room for what you love to grow.

Work out what fits, where it goes, and how much soil you need. A clear plan for your vegetable bed.

  1. Measure Inside length and width, in feet, inches, metres or centimetres.
  2. Choose Up to 8 crops from 18 presets with cited sources. Edit any spacing.
  3. Arrange Each crop gets a measured strip. Nothing is squeezed in to fit.
  4. Review Requested, placed and unmet counts, plus soil for the bed.
  5. Take it outside Print the plan sheet or download every plant position.

Free, without an account Made to print & take outside

Try the bed planner with your measurements

Unallocated8 ft4 ft
Head lettuce 8Carrot 16Pepper 4Example crops. Choose your own in the planner.
Units

28 of 28 plants fit at published block spacing.

Bed planner Choose your crops and quantities. See a measured layout, what fits, and what needs more room. Make a planting plan

Clear about the limits

A useful estimate, with the workings shown.

Every result starts with your measurements and visible assumptions. Crop presets link to Extension guidance. You can change the spacing to match your variety and growing conditions.

size 50 in7spacing 1212127 min. edge 6 in
positions = floor((size − 2 × edge) ÷ spacing) + 1floor((50 − 12) ÷ 12) + 1 = 4. The 2 in left over is shared: 7 in at each end.

Read our methodology and sources

Understand the numbers you use.

Practical references for the decisions a calculator cannot make for you.