Polyculture means growing many species together instead of single-crop blocks — for healthier soil, fewer pests and a longer harvest. Permapeople's planner lets you design and lay out polycultures visually, with companion-plant data built in. It's free and runs in your browser.
Mix fast and slow crops, tall and low, deep- and shallow-rooted, so plants share space instead of competing. Draw beds to scale and arrange species within them to plan intercropping and succession across the season.
Each plant links to companion and antagonist relationships from our plant database, so you can build combinations that help each other and avoid pairings that don't. Browse worked companion plant combinations for inspiration.
Diverse layouts resist pests and disease better than monocultures. Plan a mixed, layered bed once, save it, and reuse or adapt it next season — and share it with the community for feedback.
A polyculture grows several species together in the same space — through intercropping, companion planting and mixed beds — instead of separate single-crop rows.
Yes. Plants you add show companion and antagonist data from our plant database, so you can lay out combinations that work well together.
Yes — it's completely free to use, with no paywall and no ads.