Most beginners lose plants to wrong spacing and bad combinations. This plan already handles both.

My 4x8 Shade Raised Bed Garden

4 × 8 ft Square Foot Grid 142 plants · 7 varieties ~₹1,476 of groceries 62 views

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What this plan does

Ground cover suppresses weeds and retains moisture
Square foot spacing calculated for a 4×8 ft bed — no overcrowding, no guessing

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Bed Layout

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North

West

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1	🥦 Broccoli Rabe ×4	🥦 Broccoli Rabe ×4	🥬 Endive ×3	🥬 Endive ×3
2	🫚 Ginger	🫚 Turmeric ×2	🫚 Turmeric ×2	🫚 Ginger
3	🫚 Ginger	🫚 Turmeric ×2	🫚 Turmeric ×2	🫚 Ginger
4	🫚 Ginger	🫚 Turmeric ×2	🫚 Turmeric ×2	🫚 Ginger
5	🫚 Turmeric ×2	🥬 Spinach ×9	🥬 Spinach ×9	🫚 Turmeric ×2
6	🥬 Spinach ×9	🥬 Lettuce ×4	🥬 Lettuce ×4	🥬 Spinach ×9
7	🥬 Spinach ×9	🥬 Lettuce ×4	🥬 Lettuce ×4	🥬 Spinach ×9
8	Coriander ×9	Coriander ×9	Coriander ×9	Coriander ×9

East

South

Numbers indicate feet

Plants in This Bed

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Broccoli Rabe

8 plants

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Endive

6 plants

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Ginger

6 plants

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Turmeric

16 plants

Coriander

36 plants

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Lettuce

16 plants

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Spinach

54 plants

Why this works

Each plant earns its place in this bed

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Broccoli Rabe — Broccoli rabe (also called rapini) is a fast-growing cool-season vegetable prized in Italian cuisine for its pleasantly bitter flavour.

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Endive — Endive is a cool-season chicory grown for its slightly bitter, crisp leaves used in salads and braised dishes.

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Ginger — Ginger is a tropical rhizome with spicy, aromatic roots used in cooking and tea.

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Turmeric — Turmeric is a tropical rhizomatous herb grown for its brilliant golden-orange underground rhizomes, the source of the spice and the powerful anti-inflammatory compound curcumin.

Coriander — Coriander, also known as Dhaniya or Cilantro, is an essential herb in Indian cooking.

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Lettuce — Fast-growing, versatile salad green that thrives in cool weather.

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Spinach — Nutrient-dense leafy green perfect for salads, cooking, and smoothies.

How they help each other

✓ Ginger + Turmeric — Same family; same growing requirements; intercrop well
✓ Spinach + Coriander — Provides shade, similar water needs
✓ Spinach + Lettuce — Similar conditions

In Edenvatika, square foot spacing is automatic and the planner highlights good companions and warns you about bad ones as you build — so you get it right before anything goes in the ground.

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