From seed packets to
a perfect garden plan in minutes
Tell us your ZIP and what you want to grow. We handle the layout, schedule, and weekly task list.
Free forever for small gardens. No credit card required.
Everything you need, nothing you don’t
An optimizer that arranges your beds, an assistant that answers questions, camera-powered plant identification, plus the scheduling and layout tools you actually need.
Frost-Based Schedules
Enter your ZIP code and get personalized planting dates from NOAA data. Know exactly when to start seeds, transplant, and direct sow.
Visual Bed Layouts
Design garden beds with a drag-and-drop grid. Place plants with proper spacing and see your layout come to life.
Companion Planting
See which plants thrive together and which to keep apart. Companion checks built into the bed editor.
Bed Optimizer
Tell Sow Plan what you want to grow. It arranges your bed for proper spacing, companion pairings, sunlight, and yield.
Instant Plant Identification
Snap a photo of any plant and instantly identify it, complete with growing tips, spacing, and companion info.
Sprout Garden Assistant
Ask Sprout about pest problems, planting advice, or what to grow next. It has your zone, your beds, and your plants in context, so the answers fit.
Built around your actual garden
Every recommendation uses your frost dates, your beds, and your plants. Not generic advice from a search engine.
Optimized Layouts in One Click
Pick your plants, hit optimize, and Sow Plan arranges your bed for spacing, companion pairings, sunlight, and succession timing.
Meet Sprout, Your Garden Assistant
Ask Sprout questions in plain English. “Why are my tomato leaves curling?” or “What should I plant next to peppers?” Sprout has your frost dates, beds, and plant library on tap, so the answers fit your garden.
Identify Any Plant Instantly
Point your camera at a mystery plant, weed, or seedling. Get an instant ID with the right spacing and timing data, added straight to your garden.
Track Every Seed You Own
Log your seed packets, track quantities and expiration dates, and build a wishlist for next season. Sow Plan factors your inventory into every plan, so you grow what you already have.
See your garden come to life
A visual garden planner that’s as intuitive as it is powerful.
Garden Grid View
Your entire garden at a glance: beds, walkways, and every plant’s status
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Planting Calendar
Every task timed to your local frost dates
Drag-and-Drop Bed Editor
Place plants with proper spacing. Companion checks built in.
Start seeds indoors · 8 wk before last frost
Window just opened
Start seeds indoors · 10 wk before last frost
14 days remaining
Direct sow outdoors · 4 wk before last frost
3 days left
Start seeds indoors · 6 wk before last frost
21 days remaining
“Plant Now” Guide
Open the app and know exactly what to do this week
What should I plant this week?
Based on your frost dates in Zone 7a, here’s what to start this week:
Your last frost is around Apr 15. These need 8–10 weeks indoors before transplanting.
Sprout Garden Assistant
Ask anything. Sprout has your frost dates, beds, and plant library on tap.
Three steps to your first schedule
Set your frost dates
Enter your ZIP code. We pull historical frost data from NOAA so your schedule is accurate to your climate.
Add your plants
Build your plant library with spacing and timing info. Or search our database to auto-fill the details.
Lay out your beds
Place plants on a visual grid. Your personalized planting schedule generates automatically.
From the maker
Hi, I’m Nick. I built Sow Plan after watching my wife juggle a stack of seed packets, a kitchen calendar, and three tabs of frost-date math every spring. Existing tools were either generic plant catalogues or spreadsheets-with-extra-steps. I wanted something that took our ZIP code, our beds, and the seeds in our drawer, and just told us what to do this week.
Sow Plan is used by home gardeners across 10+ USDA zones, with most users in Zones 5b through 7b. It’s a small operation. If something feels off, email me at support@sowplan.com and I’ll usually answer the same day.
Simple, honest pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you’re ready for more.
Free
Everything you need to plan a small garden.
- NOAA frost-date schedules
- Up to 2 garden beds
- Up to 50 plants in library
- Garden grid (setup + read-only view)
- Schedule (table view)
- "Plant Now" daily guide
- Basic seed inventory
- Data export & deletion
Pro
For gardeners who want the full toolkit.
Everything in Free, plus:
- Instant plant identification (camera)
- Sprout garden assistant
- Bed optimizer
- Unlimited beds & plants
- Verdantly plant data backfill
- Ongoing garden layout edits
- Calendar, week & grid schedule views
- CSV export of schedule
- Statistics dashboard
- Unlimited journal + photo storage
- Multi-year snapshots
- Succession planting
- Time-lapse growth simulation
- Companion planting indicators
Take your garden anywhere
We’re building a native iOS app so you can check your planting schedule, snap photos to identify plants, and journal straight from the garden.
- Full sync with your web account
- Snap-to-identify any plant with your camera
- Push notifications for planting reminders
Start on the web today. Your data will be ready when the app launches.
Ready to plan a better garden this year?
Frost-date schedules, visual bed layouts, and a planning toolkit built for actual gardeners.