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Great Lakes Lavender Farm · Grower Planning Tool

Plan Your Lavender Garden or Farm

Map planting areas, calculate plants and materials, compare purchasing formats, estimate costs, save your plan and print a field-ready summary.

Step 1

Tell us about your project

The planner adapts its guidance from a home garden to a commercial field.
Planning principleUse mature plant width and the widest equipment or implement—not the shipping pot—to establish spacing. Always field-verify drainage, access and machine clearances.

Step 2

Map your planting areas

A planting area may be a farm block, field plot, garden bed, raised bed or replacement patch. Add another when its cultivar, dimensions, planting method or spacing differs.
Useful terminology: Farmers commonly call a mapped crop section a block or plot; smaller garden areas are usually beds; filling gaps is patching; moving plugs or young plants is transplanting; and starting the crop in a new area is establishing that planting.

Each area is calculated separately and combined in your final plan.

Step 3

What is your planting method?

Select one of the four methods for each planting area.

Step 4

Which systems do you need?

Select only the infrastructure you plan to install. The next step will show configuration fields only for those selections.
Not sure?You can select any combination—or none. Landscape fabric manages weeds, drip irrigation delivers controlled water near the root zone, and frost cover is most useful for young, marginally hardy or exposed plantings.

Step 5

Configure selected systems

Unselected infrastructure stays hidden and contributes zero materials or costs.
Recommended fabric: DeWitt Pro 5Professional woven ground cover supplied in 250-foot rolls. Select the width that fits your rows and installation plan.
Recommended irrigation: drip line or T-tapeDrip line is generally more durable for permanent perennial rows. T-tape can be a lower-cost option for long, straight rows but should be selected to match pressure, run length and expected service life.
Lavender frost-cover guidanceFor established hardy lavender, drainage and wind protection matter more than creating a warm, wet enclosure. Use breathable fabric and secure it above or loosely around plants. For exposed Michigan overwintering, young plants or marginal cultivars, DeWitt Ultimate 2.5 oz is the strongest all-winter option; use lighter fabric for short seasonal frost events.

Avoid trapping moisture: do not wrap lavender airtight or allow plastic to rest directly on foliage. Inspect during winter thaws and uncover promptly when protection is no longer needed.

Step 5

Add optional planning costs

Enter your own expected costs. Costs for unselected infrastructure remain hidden and excluded.

Step 7

Your complete planting plan

Review quantities before purchasing or installing materials.

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