Free garden planning tools
Plan your garden around the sun, the soil and the colours you love
Three free planners from our Surbiton garden design team. Start with the sun, check your soil, then choose your colours. Each takes a few minutes, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
Garden sun planner
Tell it which way your garden faces and the month. It shows where sun and shade fall, then suggests where to put the patio, what to plant and what to check about your soil.
Open the sun plannerSoil reader
Pick your road to see its flood risk, nearby streams and what the land was before the houses. Three quick tests in the garden then give you a soil reading and plants that will thrive in it.
Open the soil readerPalette planner
Pick the colours you love and any plants you must keep. You get a named colour scheme, our designer’s view of it and a planting list sized to your garden.
Open the palette plannerHow they work together
- Find your lightThe sun planner shows which parts of your garden are sunny and which stay in shade.
- Read your soilThe soil reader tells you whether you are on clay, sand or gravel, and what that means for planting.
- Choose your coloursThe palette planner turns your favourite colours into plants that suit your light and soil.
- Talk it throughSend us your results. Craig or Eli will check your soil, levels and boundaries on a free visit.
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Want a designer to look at it with you?
The planners are a good start, but they can’t dig a test hole, or see your trees or neighbours’ walls. We can. Free design consultations across Kingston, Surbiton, Richmond and Surrey.
