Garden Planner 2.3

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Despite a few omissions, this program still stands as a handy tool for anyone who plans a garden or landscape from the ground up. The bright, welcoming interface is a snap to understand, and, though you won't find a step-by-step wizard, the animated introduction quickly brings you up to speed.

Operating the program is equally painless. You simply drag and drop shrubs, trees, flowers, buildings, paving, and ponds into a large grid and lay them out as you like. You can change the foliage color and zoom in or out on your garden. However, we wish the program included several templates for houses so you could spatially arrange the garden around it. We also would like the developer to give us a few sample garden layouts.

Still, we think Garden Planner can be useful for a number of folks, whether they're new home owners, landscape architects, or just gardening enthusiasts.

Publisher's description

From Artifact Interactive :

Design your dream garden. Arrange plants, trees, buildings and objects using an easy- to- use drag and- drop interface. Use simple tools to crate paths, fences and paving. Then produce a high quality color print out of your design. A quick way to produce a professional garden plan. Version 2.3 adds dynamic styles which allow you change the style of fences and paving after you have created them.

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