Decide whether growing and dry-storage tasks need separate compartments. A partition can separate routes, but its presence alone does not prove control of moisture, light or temperature.
AI concept finish. Colors, surfaces and decorative details are illustrative. Use the study diagrams for dimensions and layout checks.
Layout reference · 12 × 16 ft · nominal
72 in front entry connects to a 30 in partition opening.
Trade-off: A partition consumes space and does not by itself control moisture.
P06 illustrates separate growing and dry-storage zones, a partition opening and a tending route. Its dimensions are authored examples.
An unpartitioned arrangement removes the internal opening, but shares the environment and paths. It is an alternative to assess, not a second completed project or a climate-performance claim.
Verify sun and shading, irrigation, drainage, ventilation, actual shelf/tray dimensions and which stored items must stay dry. The source guidance does not validate this site's authored partition performance.
Check what the plan package includes →Compare growing and dry-storage compartments.
Plan the route between compost, pots and the work surface.
Plan for trays, tending and the chosen growing conditions.
Separate wet tasks from things that must stay dry.
These tools use your private saved project. Browsing examples does not adopt them. Open a project study to explicitly adopt supported inputs.
Start with a useful arrangement
Compare what each layout makes room for and what it leaves out. These are dimensioned planning layouts you can adapt, with dimensions and assumptions shown before you enter anything.
Example layout · 12×16
A gardening project that prioritizes benches and a tending route.
Dark: equipment or storage. Pale areas: activities or zones. Dimensions in inches; scale changes with the view.
The shown fixtures fit their allocated zones with the service aisle reserved.
Example interior: 136 × 184 in. Opening: 72 in wide. All reference dimensions and allowances are planning assumptions, not product specifications.
Before buying or building: Bring the zone plan and site observations to a greenhouse supplier; verify glazing, ventilation, water and storage suitability.
Example layout · 12×16
Tools and potting supplies with a smaller growing bench.
Dark: equipment or storage. Pale areas: activities or zones. Dimensions in inches; scale changes with the view.
The shown fixtures fit their allocated zones with the service aisle reserved.
Example interior: 136 × 184 in. Opening: 72 in wide. All reference dimensions and allowances are planning assumptions, not product specifications.
Before buying or building: List your containers and supplies, confirm their moisture requirements, and check the chosen structure's usable measurements.
Example layout · 12×16
A project with distinct zone requirements and an intended partition.
Dark: equipment or storage. Pale areas: activities or zones. Dimensions in inches; scale changes with the view.
The shown fixtures fit their allocated zones with the service aisle reserved.
Example interior: 136 × 184 in. Opening: 72 in wide. All reference dimensions and allowances are planning assumptions, not product specifications.
Before buying or building: Take zone dimensions, partition/opening measurements and equipment list to a supplier for environmental and construction review.
These results keep the first reference's equipment, activities and allowances unchanged. Each shell has its own disclosed interior and door assumptions. All three drawings use the same scale. A failed arrangement does not prove every layout impossible.
Interior 88 × 112 in; door 48 in.
Revise this arrangement
Growing zone: Growing bench: no non-overlapping position was found in this bounded arrangement search.
Interior 112 × 136 in; door 64 in.
Revise this arrangement
Growing zone: Growing bench: no non-overlapping position was found in this bounded arrangement search.
Interior 136 × 184 in; door 72 in.
Shown geometry passes
This is an authored open combination-space planning shell. The allocation line is not a wall; dimensions do not establish greenhouse performance.
Change one measurement
Start with a deliberately failing example, then restore the reference or try your own value. Only growing bench length changes; the other equipment, allowances and shed dimensions stay fixed.
This experiment is separate from your saved project. Its inputs are planning assumptions, not a product specification or a universal threshold.
This allocation cannot preserve the shown fixtures and service aisle.
The bench must fit its growing allocation. Increasing growing space also reduces the space left for dry storage.
Dark: equipment or storage. Pale areas: activities or zones. Dimensions in inches; scale changes with the view.
Version 2026-09-08-decisions. These files reproduce the public examples, including failed arrangements. Your private measurements are only included when you generate your own brief.
From an example to your measurements
Work through these checks before copying a reference into your project. The example allowances are editable planning choices, not universal safety requirements.
Measure the bench and the aisle you intend to tend it from. List trays, potting work and the route used to carry supplies.
The bench must fit within its allocated zone with the stated aisle. Total shed length is not all available to growing.
Increase the growing allocation, reduce the bench requirement or compare a larger usable interior. Check what that change removes from dry storage.
List the dry-storage items and their required space. For a partitioned proposal, enter the growing length, minimum dry length, partition thickness and clear opening separately.
The partition consumes length and its opening constrains movement between zones. An open split and a partitioned structure are different arrangements.
Resolve the sum of both zone requirements plus the partition before adjusting a percentage. A larger nominal footprint does not establish environmental separation.
Record observed shade, proposed water access and drainage concerns. Discuss ventilation and intended plants with the supplier using the site checklist below.
A passing floor allocation cannot establish sunlight, temperature, humidity control or suitability for moisture-sensitive stored items.
Carry unresolved site conditions into the brief. Confirm the proposed separation and services before choosing a structure; floor geometry cannot settle those questions.
Your next step
Choose a reference above to start from its exact layout, or continue with the dimensions already in your browser project. The workbench connects equipment, candidate sizes, yard and quote checks to one planning brief.
Example layouts stay separate until you adopt one. Changing the active task keeps existing measurements and asks you to review the previous candidate decisions.
Decision questions
