Your Garden, Your Canvas

Garden Sketchbook is an online garden design app built for gardeners who want to plan smarter and plant with confidence. Explore ideas, test layouts, and imagine the possibilities before you ever plant a seed.

Creativity Meets Gardening

No two gardens — or gardeners — are alike.

Every gardener brings their own vision, and Garden Sketchbook gives you the space to explore it. Experiment with layouts, plant combinations, and seasonal ideas to create a garden that's uniquely yours.

Experiment Freely

A flexible space to explore, imagine, and design without limits.

Move plants around, test different layouts, and see instant results. There's no right or wrong way to design — only opportunities to explore what works for you and your garden. This is a space for curiosity, creativity, and discovery.

Plan in 2D: Lay out your garden in a simple, intuitive map.

See it in 3D: Instantly visualize your design in a painterly 3D view, with each plant at its mature size.

Explore a rich plant library: Find inspiration from hundreds of plant varieties and cultivars.

Visualize the seasons: Preview your garden from spring blooms to winter structure — see how it evolves throughout the year.

Gardening as Art

What is your garden to you?

A place to relax and retreat; a home to wildlife; an invitation to return to nature; a carefully crafted masterpiece? Whatever you imagine for your garden, Garden Sketchbook is the place where your ideas can grow, shift, and evolve. It's about creativity, imagination, and the joy of discovering new possibilities for your space.

Who It's For

Garden Sketchbook serves a diverse community of gardeners and professionals:

Home Gardeners - Planning new landscapes and redesigning existing spaces
Garden Enthusiasts - Visualizing ideas before investing in plants
Beginners - Learning about plant combinations and seasonal planning
Experienced Gardeners - Managing complex plantings and long-term garden evolution
Landscape Designers - Creating professional presentations for clients

Meet the Developer

Jen Phillips is a software engineer and gardening enthusiast based in Atlantic Canada.

She loves all the plants but grudgingly accepts that there isn't quite room for one of everything in her yard. She built Garden Sketchbook because she wanted a tool where gardeners could experiment to their heart's content, and be confident in their planting plan before plants had been purchased or holes had been dug.

Ready to start your garden?

Begin exploring your garden ideas in 2D and 3D, experiment with layouts and plant combinations, and see what blooms. Your garden is waiting — and so is your creativity.

Try it out