Sow for professionals
Planting Plan Software: Correct Spacing, Real Mature Sizes
A planting plan is a promise about the future: this plant, at this spacing, will fill this space in three years without swallowing the path. Get the mature size wrong and the client is calling you in year two.
Spacing and mature size, not guesswork
Every species in Sow carries mature height and spread, so plans are drawn against what the plant becomes rather than what it looks like in the pot. The plan you hand the installer is the plan that works in year three.
Zone and site fit built in
The catalog filters to the site's hardiness zone, sun exposure, and soil, so the plan does not specify something that will not survive the winter there.
What you can hand a client
Client brief
Capture the site, the budget, the style, and what the client actually asked for — in one shared place instead of a text thread.
Proposal
Turn a design into a proposal with the plant schedule already filled in from the plants you placed. Export a branded PDF.
Presentation
Walk a client through the design with plant detail they can see and understand, then leave them a PDF that still makes sense a week later.
Planting plan
A real plan with correct spacing and mature sizes — not a mood board. Export it or hand it to whoever installs it.
All included in Pro+ ($99.99/yr), with branded PDF export throughout.
Capture it on site. It is already on your desk.
Everything you do in the field lands in your dashboard the moment you do it. The photos you take at the walkthrough, the designs you generate in the driveway, the plants you save, the ideas you scribble down between jobs, the boards you shared with the client — all of it is on the bigger screen when you get back, ready to refine.
Shoot now, design later
Photograph the site while you are standing in it. The photos are waiting on the desktop, attached to the right project, when you have time to work them up properly.
Rough it in the driveway, refine it at the desk
Generate a concept while the client is watching, then open the same design on a large screen to place plants precisely, adjust spacing, and get the palette right.
One project, both screens
There is no export step and no second copy. The phone and the web studio are the same project — whichever you touch last is simply the current one.
Share from wherever you are
Send a board to a client from the truck or from the office. What they see is the latest version either way.
The plant data behind every design
You do not have to take our word for the catalog — it is published. Over 11,000 outdoor species with hardiness, mature size, bloom timing, and prices we re-check daily against the nurseries we track.
Questions from professionals
What does Sow Pro+ cost?
$99.99 a year ($29.99/month) — the whole professional toolkit, including the client tools: boards, briefs, proposals, presentations, and version-bound approvals.
Can I start on my phone and finish on my desktop?
Yes, and that is the normal way to work. Photograph and design the site on your phone while you are standing in the yard; the photos, designs, saved plants and shared boards are already in your desktop dashboard when you sit down. Same project, bigger screen — no export step.
Do clients need to install anything?
No. Client boards open in a browser from a link — the client reads the proposal, comments, and approves a version without installing an app.
Does Sow handle invoicing, scheduling, or job costing?
No. Sow covers design through client sign-off. It does not do invoicing and job costing, crew scheduling and dispatch, a full crm, irrigation or hardscape cad engineering — it is built to sit alongside whatever you already run the business on.