Make custom plant markers to 3D print.
3 styles, 11 fonts, two colours, one marker per plant on your list.
The Plant Markers generator turns a plant name into a garden or herb marker you can print. Pick a label on a stake, the name standing on a spike, or a long pointed blade with the name along it. The letters stand up or are inlaid in a second colour so they read from a distance, and a whole list of plants comes out as one batch, one marker each.
Examples
How to make plant markers
Type the plant
One line, or two: the plant and its variety. Letter height 6 to 30 mm, letter spacing adjustable.
Pick a style
A label on a stake, the name standing on a spike, or a long pointed blade with the name along it.
Size the stake
30 to 200 mm long, so it goes deep enough into a pot or a bed; 5 to 20 mm wide on labels and spikes.
Choose the letters
Raised, or inlaid in a second colour so the face stays flat. A label can have a raised frame in the letter colour, like a seed-packet tag.
One or a whole list
Export one marker, or paste your plant list and get every marker in one print file.
What you can change
- Fonts
- Bagel, Fredoka, Baloo, Chewy, Poppins, Bebas, Pacifico, Lobster, Great Vibes, DejaVu, DynaPuff.
- Thickness
- Marker 2.4 to 6 mm thick; border round the letters 1.5 to 12 mm; label corners 0 to 10 mm.
- Colours
- Two: the marker and the letters (and the frame, when it is on).
- Batches
- A list of plants, with an optional second line each, laid out on plates in one file.
Printing tips
Tip.For markers that stay outdoors through a hot summer, print in PETG or ASA: PLA softens in strong sun.
The 3MF keeps each colour as its own object, so a printer with automatic filament changes (such as a Bambu Lab AMS) prints it in one go. With one colour, print every object in the same filament.
A set of herb markers is a simple gift and an easy first product for a market stall. See 3D printing business ideas.
Questions
Can I make markers for my whole garden at once?
Yes. Paste the list of plants, with a second line for the variety if you want one, and the studio builds a marker for each row in one file. A batch holds up to 200 pieces.
Which style should I pick?
A label on a stake reads best in a pot; a blade suits a long name in a bed; a spike shows the name on its own, standing up.
Which filament is best outdoors?
PETG or ASA hold up better in sun and rain than PLA, which softens in strong heat.
What file do I get?
A 3MF, which keeps each colour as its own object for a multi-colour printer, or an STL. Every file is checked before it downloads: closed (watertight) geometry, a single shell and walls thick enough to print.
Is it free?
The free plan gives 3 designs a month on each generator. Selling the printed pieces needs the Seller or Studio plan, which include the commercial licence.
Licence
On the Free and Maker plans you may print your designs for yourself and as gifts, not for sale. Selling the printed pieces needs the Seller or Studio plan, which include the commercial licence and a licence certificate for each design. Pieces made during the free beta, before paid plans launched, may still be sold on the terms of that time. The exported files themselves can never be resold or redistributed, on any plan.
This is a summary. Read Can I sell rings I 3D print with Morcano? and the Terms, which are the authoritative text.
