Permaculture Guild
Estimate plants that fit a circular guild planting.
About Permaculture Guild
A guild is a stacked circle, so dividing its circular area by the square of the spacing gives roughly how many plants it holds. Food-forest design layers plants into guilds, and estimating density keeps the guild fertile rather than crowded or sparse.
Formula
Permaculture Guild
Plants = circular area ÷ spacing squared
- guild
- A circular cluster of mutually helpful plants
Worked example
With the default values below, Permaculture Guild returns Plants in Guild of 13. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Guild radiusminimum 1 ft
- 10 ft
- Plant spacingminimum 1 ft
- 5 ft
Results
- Plants in Guild
- 13
- Guild Area
- 314.2 sq ft
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Permaculture Guild
- 3Plants in Guild= 13
- 4Guild Area= 314.2 sq ft
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 2 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 1 decimal place, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Permaculture Guild calculated?
Plants = circular area ÷ spacing squared A guild is a stacked circle, so dividing its circular area by the square of the spacing gives roughly how many plants it holds.
Why does Permaculture Guild matter?
Food-forest design layers plants into guilds, and estimating density keeps the guild fertile rather than crowded or sparse.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 2 inputs: Guild radius, Plant spacing. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.