Free forever, not a free trial
The free garden planner that starts with dinner.
Most “free” garden planners are 7-day trials with a credit card form. PlotToTable is free to use: tell it what you want to eat and it builds your whole garden plan, layout, plant counts, and planting timeline included. No card, no clock.
Here is the honest shape of free: your whole garden gets planned and every crop is listed, your first 3 crops show full detail (sow dates, spacing, plant counts), and you can save 1 garden. Every tool below is free forever with no cap.
What the free plan includes
Every tool below is free forever. The plan itself covers your whole garden; the first 3 crops show in full detail and the rest are listed by name.
First 3 crops in full detail
Complete growing instructions for your top picks. The rest of your garden is planned and listed by name; unlocking it is optional.
Goal-first plan builder
Start from 'salsa garden' or 'feed a family of 4', not a blank grid.
Plot layout and plant counts
Beds sized from your crop list, with spacing done for you.
Planting timeline
Sow and transplant dates computed from your ZIP code's frost dates.
Weekly checklist
What to do this week, all season long.
Beginner guardrails
Companion-conflict warnings, prolific-crop alerts (one zucchini is plenty), and harden-off dates for transplants.
No beds? Containers.
Your same plan translated to pot counts and sizes for a patio or balcony.
Replan from today
Fell behind? One click re-runs the schedule from today and skips what you missed.
Harvest log and savings counter
Log what you pick and see the running dollar total your garden has grown, at real store prices.
Planting calendar by ZIP
Frost dates and monthly sow lists for every US ZIP code.
Plant doctor
Describe or photograph a problem, get a diagnosis. 3 free a day.
Will it Fit? (AR)
Point your phone at the yard and see the bed standing there at real size before you build it.
Surplus swap board
Post extra harvest and neighbors in your ZIP area claim it. Your email stays private.
Mud Mode
A big-button, high-contrast version of the site for dirty gloves and bright sun.
Monthly planting email
One email a month with what to sow in your ZIP right now. No login needed.
All calculators
Plant spacing, soil mix, and family pantry calculators.
When you want the whole garden
Free is the real thing, not bait.
Here is exactly where the line sits, so you can decide if crossing it is worth it.
Build your whole garden and see your 3 core grocery anchor crops in full detail, with the planting timeline and weekly checklist. Online, no card.
Start free- Every crop in every plan, unlimited saved plans
- Reminders before each sow and harvest window (Google or Apple Calendar)
- $12 printable field guide included at no extra cost
Plus This Week's Menu, the Saturday digest, the preservation planner, and saved plant-doctor diagnoses.
30-day money-back guarantee on Annual and Lifetime. Cancel anytime in two clicks.
One garden, every crop, as a printable field guide you can reprint forever. 3 edits included, then it locks. No password, no subscription. Included free with Premium.
Get my $12 planFull refund any time before your first edit. No questions asked.
Start free above. Upgrade any time. The $12 field guide comes free with Premium, or on its own with no subscription.
How it works in 3 minutes
- Pick a goal. Salsa garden, salad bar, feed a family of 4, or cut the grocery bill.
- Enter your ZIP code. The engine pulls your frost dates and builds sow windows for every crop.
- Get the plan. Plot layout, plant counts, planting timeline, and a weekly checklist. Adjust anything; the math updates.
New to gardening? Start with how to plan a vegetable garden step by step or how to start a vegetable garden.
Free plan questions
Is the free garden planner actually free, or is it a trial?+
It is free, not a trial. There is no 7-day clock and no credit card. You build your whole garden plan and keep using it: goal, crop list, plot layout, planting timeline, and the weekly checklist, with your first 3 crops open in full detail.
What does the free plan include?+
The free plan builds your complete garden from your goal: which crops, how many plants, how much space, when to sow each round, plus the planting timeline and a weekly checklist. Your first 3 crops show every detail online. The free planting calendar, plant doctor, and all calculators are included too.
What do I get if I upgrade?+
Premium is $7.99 per month, $59 per year, or $129 once for life. It opens every crop in full detail, unlimited saved plans, the season calendar you can subscribe to in Google or Apple Calendar, sow and harvest reminders, the printable PDF field guide, and saved plant-doctor diagnoses. There is also a $12 one-time plan with 3 edits included and no subscription.
How many gardens can I save free?+
One. Your free garden stays saved for 90 days. Premium keeps unlimited gardens side by side, and they never expire.
Do I need to draw my garden to use it?+
No. PlotToTable is goal-first: you say what you want to eat and for how many people, and it computes the layout and plant counts for you. You never have to drag plants around a grid, though you can adjust anything it proposes.