PatternBaseZone & Sector Planning
Permaculture zones organize your site by how often you visit, from the kitchen door (Zone 0) to the wild edge (Zone 5). PatternBase maps your property using this system, because it's how permaculture is actually taught and practiced. Not a grid. Not a blank canvas. A framework that's been proven for 40+ years.
Planning tools
Mollison zone-based navigation
Your entire dashboard organizes by zone (Z0–Z5). Plants, structures, water elements, and animals each belong where they make sense on your site. Everything in context.
Sector analysis with compass overlay
Map sun angles, prevailing wind, water flow, fire risk, and views. The compass rose overlay shows how external forces interact with your design, so you can place elements where they work with your site, not against it.
Element placement by access frequency
Place high-maintenance plants and daily-harvest crops in zones you visit often. Low-maintenance perennials and wild habitat go further out. The design follows how you actually move through your land.
Seasonal light tracking
Understand how sun exposure changes through the year: solstice angles, equinox positions, and shade patterns. See how light affects each zone so you can place sun-loving and shade-tolerant species where they'll thrive.
Why this matters
Traditional garden planners give you a grid. You drag rectangles onto a blank canvas and hope the layout makes sense. That works for annual vegetable beds, but it's not how permaculture design works.
PatternBase gives you Mollison's zone system, the framework permaculture designers have used for 40+ years. Instead of arranging shapes on a blank screen, you're designing based on how you actually move through and interact with your land. The tool matches the method.
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