PART 2: How to Make a Planting Plan

Part 2 of my *Guide to Start a Garden*

Welcome to Part 2 of my Guide to Start a Garden!

This part, How to Make a Planting Plan, is super important. This is where most people get stuck, wondering what to plant? when to plant it? where to plant it? and how much to plant? It can be exhausting, confusing, and make you want to give up having a garden all together. But stick with me!

First things first, what is a planting plan?

A planting plan is a visual map of your garden, to help plan out what to plant and where to plant it over the course of an entire growing season.

In this guide, I’m going to give a few examples/templates of different planting plans, but ultimately it’s up to you to decide what works best for your space. I use spreadsheets on my computer to design planting plans, but if you prefer sketching it out on paper, that works great too.

Okay, let’s get started.

First ask yourself this question: What are the vegetables, herbs, flowers, etc that I want to grow this season? I encourage you to take the time to write down your top list of plants you want to grow (and eat) this year!

Once you have your list ready, go down that list *one plant at a time* and answer the following 3 questions for each plant (make sure write down all the information you find):