Design questions, answered
Garden Design
How to size a bed, group and layer the planting, and space plants for what they will become. Useful with nothing but a tape measure.
13 guides →
One task at a time
Using Klora
Step-by-step product guides: draw the property, plan the beds, place the plants, export a plan you can act on.
14 tutorials →
A whole project, start to finish
Example Plans
Complete plans walked through end to end, showing which principle drove each decision and how it was drawn.
In progress →
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Garden Design
Start with the design question
How to design a flower bed from scratch
A planting plan answers a few questions in order — how big, what conditions, what should it do, how large will things get. The plants come last.
4 min read
Planning fundamentalsHow far apart should plants be?
A label says "spread 24–36 inches" — but three feet from what? The answer is mature width, measured centre to centre.
3 min read
Planning fundamentalsHow to make a flower bed look full without overplanting
A young garden and a mature garden look different. The trick is making the planting feel intentional while permanent plants still have room to grow.
3 min read
Using Klora
Your first plan, in 4 guides
About 10 minutes, start to finish.
Create your first plan
Choose the best starting point for your property and get the main outlines ready for design.
2 min read
Move around the canvas
Pan, zoom, and return to the part of your plan you want to work on.
2 min read
Trace or edit the property boundary
Draw straight and curved property lines, close the boundary, and adjust it to match your source.
3 min read
Create or correct the house footprint
Draw the house outline or adjust an imported footprint so it matches the property.
3 min read
Example Plans
Where the two libraries meet
Complete plans walked through end to end, showing which principle drove each decision and how it was drawn.
The first worked plans are on the way.
Still stuck?
Write to us with your plan name and what you were trying to do. We answer within two working days.
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