If you have big garden goals, then you need a SYSTEM and the TOOLS to outpace overwhelm.

Have you ever…

✓   Promised to try harder this garden season and be more organized?

✓   Felt like you can never do enough to live up to the garden vision in your head?

✓   Wasted time figuring out when to start seeds, transplant, & how to space plants?

✓   Felt indecisive about what were the most important priorities?

✓   Run into the same pests, year after year?

✓   Planned a vacation when your best harvest came on?

✓   Forgotten seasonal tasks like pruning fruit trees?

If so, then you’re in the right place!

The Complete Garden Planning System will help you have a more unhurried and satisfying relationship with your garden while growing and harvesting more!

• A seven-step process to walk you through the season seamlessly, from seed to harvest, month by month

• And the following SIX planning tools:

System Overview

Highlights

• An online portal with practical, step-by-step instructions for planning seed to harvest
• Beginner-friendly, fully editable Google Sheets tools (easy to use, even for low-tech spreadsheet-haters!)
• Tips for fitting garden time in and making the most of it
• Technical instructions for accessing and using the tools

Hop into the system no matter what time of year you start!

Google Compatible
The tools in this program work only with Google Sheets (similar to Excel), and are free to use. You will need a (free) Google account to get started.

The done-for-you calculations in this system are not compatible with Excel.

Pre-Season Goal Setting Worksheet

What It Is

A worksheet for aligning your grand garden vision with what’s realistically possible to achieve in the season at hand.

Highlights

• Prompts to help you identify yearly goals
• Pinpoint what might derail your plans
• Highlight the micro-steps needed to bring your goals to light

Seed Starting and Planting Spreadsheet

What It Is

A Google spreadsheet that automatically calculates your unique dates for starting seeds indoors, hardening off, transplanting, direct sowing, and more, for over 50 popular vegetable crops, as well as some herbs and general fruit planting windows.

Highlights

• Done-for-you date calculations based on your frost date OR ideal planting date (NOT limited to just frost date calculations!)
• All-in-one solution that caters to your unique climate, such as both spring and fall planting windows
• Customizable: Simply select crops you want to grow from the drop-down menu and voila!, the math is done for you
• Crop-specific suggestions for succession planting windows, plant spacing, days to harvest, and soil amendments
• Easy to sort by crop names or planting dates
• Easy to print and bring to your potting bench
• Check off items as you start seeds or plant

Monthly Checklists

What It Is

Keep track of monthly tasks throughout the year with these checklists.

Highlights

• Pre-populated with my personal month-by-month tasks as a sample
• Fully editable and customizable to make them your own
• Remember seasonal tasks that are easily forgotten
• Special prompts to help you prioritize tasks (which types of tasks to do first, second, etc.)
• Space for taking notes to record real-time data in the garden including actual planting dates, when pests appear, when soil amendments are added, etc.
• Easily printable or use digitally

Monthly Calendars

What It Is

Calendar templates to help you visualize when to work on monthly tasks.

Highlights

• Blank monthly templates to fill in with the current year’s dates
• Customizable: Add tasks from the monthly checklists, so you can plan specific times to accomplish them
• Create a realistic gardening schedule for the time you have available
• Easily printable or use digitally

Harvest Log

What It Is

A Google spreadsheet that automatically tallies your recorded harvest amounts for each crop.

Highlights

• Record harvest dates and quantities for each crop (in a measurement of your choosing) and see your per-crop harvest tallies as you go
• Learn what your best and least performing crops are over time so you can be a more efficient gardener
• Track accurate harvest windows so you can plan vacations around important crops or block off extra time for managing bigger harvests

Post-Season Wrap-Up Worksheet

What It Is

A worksheet for reflecting on the season and turning your experience into insight.

Highlights

• Prompts to help you identify what went well and not so well
• Highlight your efforts that led to success
• Pinpoint how to bring your life, values, and goals into better alignment

Are you ready to plan your best garden yet?

Risk Free 7-day Refund Policy

The Complete Garden Planning System will help you plan your garden with ease, prioritize your goals, and stay organized so you can yield stress-free, abundant harvests without feeling overwhelmed and short on time.

You’ll also save time by using technology to calculate seedstarting and planting dates, as well as to organize and save records over time.

I think you’ll notice the value in the seven-step process and six planning tools. However, if you decide this system isn’t for you, simply reach out for a full refund within 7 days of your purchase date.

Frequently Asked Questions

I hate spreadsheets! Will I be able to figure out how to use these tools?

I'm confident you'll find these beginner-friendly tools easy to use and customize for your needs with the help of the step-by-step instructions and examples, as well as the ability to message me if you get stuck.

I’m accustomed to using Excel for spreadsheets. Why does this system only work with Google?

Unlike Excel, Google Sheets is free to use, which makes it accessible to more people. Additionally, the complex formulas behind the done-for-you calculations are Google-specific and will not work with Excel. If you're accustomed to using Microsoft programs, you'll have no problem using these tools with the help of the step-by-step instructions.

Can I print these tools or do I have to use them digitally?

While all of these tools can be either printed or used digitally, a couple of them are formulated to create unique-to-you dates and auto-calculations. I've included instructions for how to first render your customized planting information before printing, if desired.

I already own Amy's book, The Suburban Micro-Farm. What’s the difference between the bonus materials I received and this offer?

The bonus materials provided with my book include four of the tools in this product, which have been upgraded for you! The Complete Garden Planning System includes a seven-step process delivered through an online portal, as well as additional worksheets and support options.

Are the tools in this system geared toward beginners?

The tools are beginner-friendly and easy to use. However, I've been using them in my own gardens for over ten years and believe that they can improve your success and processes at any stage.

What if I have more questions before I enroll?

Contact me and I'll get back to you ASAP.

What if I have questions after I purchase the planning system?

I'm available through direct messaging to help with technical issues. In addition, I offer private garden coaching for an additional fee. You'll find more details inside the online portal.

Are you worried that using this planning system will take away from the joy of gardening?

Many people are turned off by the idea of using organizational tools in the garden.

At first glance, planning kind of takes away the magic.

I get it. The last thing I want is to be dealing with my laptop and spreadsheets and checklists in my happy place!

Here’s the thing, though: As my garden expanded over the years, my expectations also expanded. I didn’t want my garden to be stressful or all business, but I wanted those big harvests, too.

You see where I’m going with this? There’s a lot to keep track of in a big garden.

I realized that spending a few minutes with the planning tools in the pre-season helped me to keep all the complexity out of my head—and by that I mean dates for sowing, planting, harvesting, weeding, watering, etc., as well as how to prioritize it all and how to fit it into my schedule. 🤯

I simply let go, and let the garden tools do the mental calculations and remembering. It's freeing!

By outsourcing the right-brain work to the planning tools, all I have to do is show up during my scheduled garden time, which is blocked out on the calendar just like "real life" work, my niece’s cross country meet, or a doctor’s appointment! It is an unhurried priority.

During this coveted garden time, I start by meandering through, tinkering around, and sometimes even sitting down with a cold beverage. This connection and groundedness is so important to remembering my ‘why’!

When I get to work, though, I just do the next thing on the checklist/calendar to keep the garden humming along. I don’t have to worry about which task is the most important or that I didn’t do enough.

This is my version of a “Big Little Garden”, one that’s productive but also manageable and healing. Does this sound like your idea of a good garden?

If so, then you're in the right place!