The Well Kept Garden

Raised bed garden planner

Enter the bed you want to build, then work through fill, access and your soil order. Save or share the plan when you’re ready.

Your garden plan
Choose a bed to start with

Measure the inside of the bed

Soil depth is the inside height minus the space you leave empty at the top.

Prepare the spot for this bed
Soil depth · Bed 196 × 48 in inside
Bed 1: 12 in of soil, 2 in left empty, 48 in inside width. 2 in left empty 12 in of soil 48 in inside width
32cubic feet of fill
22bags of 1.5 ft³
1.19cubic yards to order

12 inches filled depth · 2 inches left empty at the top

The bed is within your entered 24-inch reach from both long sides.

How to measure fill and choose bag sizes

Compare beds for this plan

Find a bed for your plan

Compare exact sizes against the requirements you choose, then replace one bed in your plan. Compare the construction and maintenance choices before narrowing by size.

Your buying limits

Leave a measurement blank if it is not a requirement. Length runs across the drawing; width runs down it, using this bed’s current rotation.

Also check against this plan

Choose a bed above to see which position will be checked.

Choose a bed and at least one requirement to begin. The example plan is not automatically your buying limit.

Check watering kits for these beds

Your bed and watering kit

Choose which planned beds this kit will serve.

Water source and tubing

Keep the source route, bed main line and emitter runs separate. Lengths are in feet; pressure is in PSI.

Epic Garden Watering System · Starter Kit

Three parts of the water route

At the source
Starter: timer, filter and hose connection kit
To the bed
16 mm main tubing: 50 ft
At the plants
Manifold and eight separate drip tapes

Use the selected kit’s manual for installation order. Backflow protection is a separate check; a filter does not replace it.

Check the kit against your plan

Enter what you have measured and leave unknown measurements blank. The result separates bed fit, included tubing, pressure and connection checks.

Plan the water route and parts list

Inside dimensions for fill. Outside dimensions for space.

Measure between the inner walls for soil volume. Use the widest outer footprint, including legs or corners, when positioning a bed. A product’s advertised size may be rounded and may not identify either measurement.

The example starts with a rectangular bed, 96 by 48 inches inside, filled 12 inches deep. That needs 32 cubic feet of fill before any optional purchasing buffer. Your entered reach and path width control the layout checks; they are not accessibility certifications.

Work out a bed width you can reach