News: Visualise Your Canopy: Introducing the Planting Row Sideview

Top-down planning makes it hard to see how canopy layers stack and interact. Permiehub's new Planting Row Sideview gives you visibility into vertical layers, letting you fine-tune plant heights and light exposure to design productive, multi-layered food forest systems.

While site maps handle horizontal spacing well, designing a multi-storey food forest requires managing light and space in three dimensions. Without a profile view, it’s easy to misjudge plant heights - accidentally shading out sun-loving crops or failing to protect those that prefer filtered light.

Visualise planting rows in both top-down and profile views to easily balance canopy heights and light exposure.

A syntropic agroforestry demonstration farm design - concept design and detailed planting rows.

A stratified syntropic food forest. The Paddock Project, Mullumbimby NSW, Australia.

Plan Every Layer in Cross-Section

Permiehub’s new Planting Row Sideview adds vertical dimension to your design workspace. Beside your top-down layout, you can now toggle a profile view for any planting row to map canopy layers.

• Design vertical stratification: Position canopy trees, shrubs, herbaceous layers, and groundcovers in exact relation to one another.
• Optimise light & shade: Balance sunlight capture across the row.
• Maximise space: Fit more diversity into every row by visualising how plant profiles stack over time.
• Seamless dual views: Adjust canopy size and heights, and both your top-down map and sideview update instantly.

Stop guessing how your canopy layers will stack. Log in to Permiehub today, open your site plan, and use Planting Row tool to design your next food forest or syntropic agroforestry system.

New to the platform? Check out our guides on creating a base map and drawing planting rows to get started.