Free garden tools

Better garden decisions, before the first shovel.

Get clear answers before you buy plants, fill a garden bed, or order mulch. Every tool is free, easy to use, and works without an account.

Your next garden

Garden Plan From a Photo

Upload a photo of your yard or garden bed and get a planting approach with a recommended plant list.

Right plant, right place

Check whether a specific plant is likely to survive winter where you live.

Plan your vegetable bed

See how many vegetables, herbs, or flowers will fit in your raised bed or plot.

Buy the right amount

Find out how many bags or cubic yards of mulch your garden bed needs.

Order the right amount of stone

Work out how many tons and cubic yards of gravel, crushed stone or base you need for a bed, path or driveway.

Soil, mulch, sand or concrete

Turn length, width and depth into cubic yards, bags and weight for any landscape material.

Lay a new lawn

Find how many square feet, rolls, slabs and pallets of sod your lawn needs.

Plan a patio or walkway

Count the pavers, base stone, bedding sand and edging for a patio, path or driveway.

Budget before you call

Estimate what removing a tree should cost by height, location and access, with extras like stump grinding.

See where gardens are dry

Watch garden dryness change across the continental U.S. over the last two weeks.