You can click on Show More in the Drawing Tools pane then scroll down to filter You can then fill in the blank spaces on the garden plan with another type of plant if you wish and adjust the In-Ground dates. (You will always need to do this to prevent viewing plant overlap if you are succession planting). Marked as being in the ground for that month or for all of the growing season will be shown on the plan. When you select a month, only plants that are To view how your garden will look for a particular month of the year click the Months drop-down list in your plan's toolbar. Select the months during which the plant will be grown by selecting from the drop-down lists.Select the 'Specify in-ground dates' checkbox.Double-click the plant on the plan (or click on it once then click on the Edit Item button in your plan's toolbar) to pull up the Edit Plant box.

To set up succession planting for a selected plant: How do I add a plant or variety not shown on your list?

To move the selection, left click on the selected area, hold down the mouse button and drag to pull it to its new location.Ĭheck out this video for a demonstration:.

Release the mouse button and the whole section will be selected. With your mouse button held down, drag the Selection Tool out to include all of the items that you want to move.Click on the Selection Tool button (the grey square with the dotted line around it) and click on your plan at a corner of the area you want to move.The extra space will be added to or removed from the right hand side and bottom of your plan, so if you need to move all of the items on your plan to a new location within the resized plan you can do so in the following way: Type the new dimensions of your plan in the boxes provided, then scroll down and click on Save Plan Settings.

Will the Garden Planner work on my computer?Ĭlick on the Settings button in your plan's toolbar (the cog icon), then scroll down to Units & Dimensions. This option will be automatically checked if you have a long growing season, although you can override the setting. This splits the season into separate spring and fall plantings for 'cool-season' plants that need it because they do not grow well through hot summers (lettuce for example). If your climate is too hot to grow certain plants during the summer, select the Split growing season into two box. If you do not experience frost in your area, you can select the My area does not experience frost box. Setting your frost dates is necessary in order for the system to calculate recommended planting times and planting reminders for your area which are used on the Plant List and planting reminder emails. If your country is not in the above list, you will need to manually set your expected last and first frost dates. Other locations may be added in the future. * Australia and South Africa use a bespoke postcode-based system due to the huge variety of climates. We currently have weather station data for the following countries:

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