Know every plant in your design, and see how the whole garden works through the year

Plant information is often spread across catalogues, books and websites, each in its own format and units. Comparing what a plant does in spring, summer, autumn and winter usually means reading several pages of text.

Each plant page starts with six overview tiles and a year ring, then shows the plant's size next to a person, its growth over time, its hardiness window, the soil it accepts, a monthly care calendar and its value for wildlife. Every value appears in the project's units.

A planting list rarely shows when the garden goes quiet, which colours flower together, or how much work the planting will need. These questions usually wait until the garden is already planted.

Garden insights reads every plant in the open design, including hedges and planted areas, and shows the flowering year, colour by season, food for pollinators, winter structure, a skyline at maturity, the hardiness zone range of every plant on one scale, resilience and the care that is due each month.

How much work a planting needs, and when, is hard to judge from a plant list, yet it decides whether the garden still looks right in five years.

Garden maintenance shows the estimated hours of routine plant care for every month and each month’s tasks grouped by kind of work. The same care goes into the client’s care guide in the plant list document.