Flower Garden Plans | Flower Bed Designs

Why Flowers?

We all love flowers. Flowers are friendly. With a 99-cent seed pack and one hour, think how much joy you can bring to your life, your neighborhood, and the planet!

In addition to their ornamental value, flower gardens can help improve the pollination of fruit and vegetable crops. By choosing simple flowers such as calendula, marigolds, and zinnias and a few overwintering biennials to provide early nectar sources, you can attract beneficial insects that will help control pests naturally.

Certain flowers may be grown for cut flowers for use in bouquets, too. Read more about growing flowers for a cutting garden.

Planning a Perennial Flower Bed or Border

Flower borders are often designed with taller plants at the back, small edging plants at the front, and mid-sized flowers filling the area between them. It’s worth considering when each plant will bloom to produce color throughout the season.

If you’re interested in creating a perennial flower bed or what is sometimes called a herbaceous border, enjoy this video by one of our Almanac garden planners!

Also, here are five complementary flower garden layouts designed by Almanac readers to help give you ideas and inspiration!

Five Free Flower Garden Plans

1. Flower Garden Layout (Farm)

All the flowers in the garden beds were planted with seed to bloom in spring and summer. The goal was beautiful bouquets!
—Woodstock Flower Farm

Garden Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Garden Size:  34’ 11” x 25’ 0”
Garden Type:  Small farm
Garden Layout:  Raised Beds
Sun or Shade:  Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Good soil

See plant list and more details about this garden here.

2. Flower Garden Layout (Farm)

This flower garden is 2400 square feet. All of the flowers were direct-seeded. The goal was to grow a cut-your-own garden and to also sell flower bouquets! 

Garden Location: Rushville, IL
Garden Size:  41’ 11” x 59’ 11”
Garden Layout:  Traditional rows
Sun or Shade:  Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Good soil

See the plant list and more details about this garden here.

3. Flower Garden Layout: Traditional Rows

Garden Location:  Outside Cincinnati
Garden Size:  28’ 11” x 19’ 11”
Garden Type:  Backyard garden
Garden Layout:  Traditional rows
Sun or Shade:  Sunny
Garden Soil Type:  Heavy, clay soil
See full plant list!

4. Flower Garden Layout

Garden Location:  Sterling, VA
Garden Size:  3’ 5” x 25’ 0”
Garden Type:  Front garden, border layout
Sun or Shade:  Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Good soil

See plant list and more details about this garden here.

5. Flower Garden Layout

Garden Location:  Ohio
Garden Size:  19’ 11” x 29’ 11”
Garden Type:  Backyard
Sun or Shade:  Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Heavy/Clay soil

See plant list and more details about this garden here.

Free Garden Planner

Ready to start planning your own garden this season?  Try the Almanac Garden Planner for free here.