A plant-planning tool 99 is provided for planning an arrangement of plants according to a desired characteristic and the lifecycle of selected plant species. The plant-planning tool 99 includes a plurality of lifecycle indicators or strips 2 and an indicator holder 10. Each lifecycle indicator 2 has a display portion for displaying the lifecycle of a plant species over a predetermined time period. The indicator holder 10 releasably holds two or more said lifecycle indicators 2 and has at least one stop element against which the or each lifecycle indicator 2 is abuttable. By abutting the or each lifecycle indicator 2 against the at least one stop element, the two or more lifecycle indicators 2 are alignable so that their respective predetermined time periods represented by the display portions of the two or more aligned lifecycle indicators 2 align with each other for enabling the user to visualise the stage of the lifecycle of all relevant plant species simultaneously at any time in the predetermined time period. A method of use is also disclosed.
展开▼
