How we plan for new plants

Planning a garden is a lot of fun! We always start with a full layout our new garden and break it up into different zones. Then we go into detail for each zone to decide which plants would suit them best.

As our garden grows, we continue this planning. Sometimes we need to add more plants because we are filling gaps in the garden. At other times, it could be dictacted by the season when the dead plants need to be replaced. 

As the worst of the summer heat is expected to be over soon (Monsoon arrives in end June), we wanted to replace all the plants that sizzled in the summer heat. As we were away for a long holiday, we did lose a lot of plants. So this requires thought and a fair amount of work.

Step 1: Identify which spots in the garden need replenishing

Step 1

As I said, we had a lot of empty spots to fill! These were of different sizes, so the list had to reflect that. Also, some of these were indoor pots, so we had to know about those too. 

We also had some amount of material like soil and compost already. So we noted down those too.

Step 2: Identify the plants that would suit our needs

Step 2

The next step was to match each pot with the plant we wanted. This is where the size, material and the location of the pot became important. 

Step 3: Buy the plants!

And so, our plant list is ready! The next step is to buy them in the next couple of weeks.