A pallet garden turns flat slat rows into a vertical herb and salad bed, which suits a small yard or a balcony wall. Shallow roots suit it best, because each pocket holds little soil. This free planner takes your row count, pockets per row, and plants per pocket. It works out total pockets and total plants, so you know what to buy before you fill a single pocket.
What this tool does
This free pallet garden planner runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server, and nothing is stored online. You open the page, enter your own measurements, and the plan appears at once, with a simple drawing of the layout below the result. You can try again as often as you like, which makes it easy to test a bigger or smaller layout before you buy soil, pots, or timber. A short plan like this beats guessing, because a garden built on guesses often wastes space, water, and plants in the first season.
How to use it
Start by measuring the real space you have, not a rough guess: length, width, and height in the same units. Enter those numbers in order, then press the calculate button and read every result line, not just the total. If a line looks wrong, change one input at a time and run the tool again, so you can see exactly which input moved the result. Check the drawing too, because it shows whether the layout fits the space you measured. Save or copy the final numbers before you shop, while they are fresh.
Reading your result
The result lines break the plan into parts, so you can check each part against your space and your budget. A total alone rarely tells the full story, but a total built from visible parts does. If a result surprises you, trust the maths first and check your inputs second: most garden surprises come from a mistyped number, mixed units, or a measurement taken from the wrong side of a bed or sill. Fix the input, not the plan, and run it again.
Worked example
Try 5 rows, 4 pockets per row, and 2 plants per pocket. Total pockets are 5 times 4, which is 20. Total plants are 20 times 2, which is 40. Plants per row are 4 times 2, which is 8. That mix could be herbs on the top rows, where they dry less, and salads lower down, where you can pick them without a step.
Why this matters for a gardener
Vertical planning saves ground space and back strain. A pallet on a wall gives you a full herb bed in the footprint of one pot, and picking at chest height beats bending over a low bed. Shallow pockets dry fast, though, so the plan must match plants to pocket size. Herbs and salads suit shallow soil, while deep-rooted crops belong in a proper bed.
Gardening tips
Use a safe, untreated pallet, and line pockets so soil stays put but water can drain. Water from the top row down, slowly, so lower pockets get a share. Check the wall fixing can hold the full wet weight. Plant after your last frost date, and cover the pallet on cold nights in early spring.
Common questions
Is this tool really free? Yes. It runs in your browser, needs no account, and has no sign-up step. You can use it as often as you like, for as many garden plans as you like.
Is the result exact for my garden? No. It is a planning estimate from the numbers you enter. Sun, wind, drainage, and local frost dates also affect real results, so check those on site before you build or plant.
Who is it made for? Home gardeners, balcony growers, and small-space growers who want a clear plan before they spend money on soil, pots, or timber.
Spanish version: Planificador de Huerto con Palets Con Fechas de Heladas