A digital garden planning spreadsheet by The Byrd’s Nest, a new offering from Black Spruce
Designed for gardeners who want their containers to feel intentional rather than improvised, The Container Formula is a thoughtfully structured Google Sheet that helps you plan, organize, and refine container plantings with clarity and ease.
This system is designed to slow you down just enough to make better decisions — pairing creative intuition with practical structure — so your pots feel cohesive, balanced, and repeatable from season to season.
Built using the same planning principles I use in my own creative and garden work, this spreadsheet replaces scattered notes, mental guesswork, and “why didn’t that work?” moments with a calm, reusable system you can return to every year.
This digital spreadsheet includes four organized planning sections:
*** Container Index ***
Track every container at a glance — including location, sun exposure, pot size, seasonal focus, and planting status — so nothing feels forgotten or overwhelming.
*** Design Canvas ***
Plan one container thoughtfully with prompts for design intent, color story, scale, and plant roles (thriller, filler, spiller), helping your containers feel cohesive rather than accidental.
*** Nursery Walk-Through ***
Document what you planned to buy versus what you actually found at the nursery, including substitutions and notes, so real-world shopping doesn’t derail your vision.
*** Save This Formula ***
Record combinations that worked beautifully — colors, plants, and proportions — so you can confidently repeat successful container designs year after year.
Details
• Designed for container gardeners of all styles and experience levels
• Works in Google Sheets (fully editable and customizable)
• Clean, neutral layout designed to reduce overwhelm
• Built to be reused season after season
• Helps you learn from your own containers, not someone else’s formulas
A digital garden planning spreadsheet by The Byrd’s Nest, a new offering from Black Spruce
Designed for gardeners who want their containers to feel intentional rather than improvised, The Container Formula is a thoughtfully structured Google Sheet that helps you plan, organize, and refine container plantings with clarity and ease.
This system is designed to slow you down just enough to make better decisions — pairing creative intuition with practical structure — so your pots feel cohesive, balanced, and repeatable from season to season.
Built using the same planning principles I use in my own creative and garden work, this spreadsheet replaces scattered notes, mental guesswork, and “why didn’t that work?” moments with a calm, reusable system you can return to every year.
This digital spreadsheet includes four organized planning sections:
*** Container Index ***
Track every container at a glance — including location, sun exposure, pot size, seasonal focus, and planting status — so nothing feels forgotten or overwhelming.
*** Design Canvas ***
Plan one container thoughtfully with prompts for design intent, color story, scale, and plant roles (thriller, filler, spiller), helping your containers feel cohesive rather than accidental.
*** Nursery Walk-Through ***
Document what you planned to buy versus what you actually found at the nursery, including substitutions and notes, so real-world shopping doesn’t derail your vision.
*** Save This Formula ***
Record combinations that worked beautifully — colors, plants, and proportions — so you can confidently repeat successful container designs year after year.
Details
• Designed for container gardeners of all styles and experience levels
• Works in Google Sheets (fully editable and customizable)
• Clean, neutral layout designed to reduce overwhelm
• Built to be reused season after season
• Helps you learn from your own containers, not someone else’s formulas
