Garden Planner for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffOctober 25, 2018

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.

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.

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.

Garden Planner for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: July 21, 2015

Latest update: October 25, 2018

Version: 3.3.7

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2003
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows XP
Windows 8
Windows 10
Windows Server

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 307,663

Downloads Last Week: 2

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User Reviews

2.4/5

25 User Votes

If you've got some time, give it a shot.
lbpsflMarch 29, 2015
Pros
Maybe there were some. At least a few people figured it out, based on the gardens posted by users.
Cons
I couldn't figure out where the designer's head was, so I found it unusable. Nothing worked as expected. I figured out a couple things by looking at plans that had been posted by users.
Summary
What a Crock
mchlwlshApril 15, 2014
Pros
None, this is NOT the program you are downloading
Cons
This is just a scam to get you to download a torrent client
Summary
Dont trust CNET anymore
Potentially useful, but difficult to use
hadallerApril 8, 2013
Pros
Creates a pretty diagram on-screen
Cons
- Cannot define a 'lot' or give dimensions to your - area. - Cannot place 'buildings' on your lot/area. - Objects such as patios, driveways, etc. are defined from their center, not the top left corner, so it is difficult to line them up. - Trial is lame.
Summary
I was able to make some progress toward drawing my yard, but it was quite difficult and I felt like I was fighting the program the whole way.
A lot of junk comes with the software
RP234March 20, 2013
Pros
don't know
Cons
Some Mix J?? Browser toolbar comes with the software and completely changes default browser page, installs Browser protector junk software and changes your browser search engine ... This kind of behavior really drives me mad and the only thing I did was uninstall...
Summary
Comes with a lot of junk software (Garder planner itself might be good but never want to install it again)
Decent for home users ; not capable of heavy lifting
jtellerelsbergApril 10, 2012
Pros
Reasonably simple to use
Cons
Can't quite do enough for more than basic landscape design
Summary
This is a fine program for home users who want to fiddle around with landscaping ideas for their yards. However, it doesn't have enough bells and whistles to handle more serious efforts. For larger scale--up to and including professional--design efforts (larger scale either in terms of greater number of details within a small unit of land or in terms of larger area of land being designed), I recommend Realtime Landscape Architect.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Apr 10, 2012<p/>One thing I forgot to mention is that this program was developed in Australia and assumes garden styles and plant species that are typical of that climate. For someone like myself in New England (USA), using it involves a bit of compromise and work-around for those reasons.
Very disappointing
JzoomanMarch 13, 2012
Pros
It's simple. Some things, like distance computation, are handy, but they are far overshadowed by the negatives. Fortunately the lesson on poor design software didn't cost much.
Cons
Not intuitive at all. Just drawing a straight line proved to be a challenge - couldn't terminate the line without it disappearing.
Summary
Don't bother with this software. And certainly don't pay for it.
Does the job of a garden design program
kcamphotoJanuary 7, 2012
Pros
The reports are cool! Copy and paste, click and drag, scroll... if you can envision your garden and can use a design program, this is pretty simple.
Cons
Too much clicking; it is a little bulky. Could use far more garden add-ons/items, but admittedly, it has far more than the other programs I saw.
Summary
Does the job.
Fun but buggy on big projects
marisa1116April 5, 2011
Pros
Extremely easy to use. It has an interesting selection of objects, including horses, hen houses, ponds and a variety of lawns/ground covers.
Cons
Large project layouts are difficult (zoom out is limited to 10%, so you can't see large projects without scrolling) to impossible (objects, such as ground covers, simply won't stick on larger projects - they vanish when you position them).
Summary
It's cheap, fun and fine for smaller projects. They need a larger selection of buildings. "Square" and "Rectangle" don't really cut it. Also, all layouts/ground covers are limited to 90 degree angles. If your yard isn't a perfect square/rectangle, you'll be winging it.
Simply program
Vanny_BunnyMarch 12, 2011
Pros
Easy to create
Cons
not enough plants and options
Summary
Worthless!
feastmanAugust 4, 2010
Pros
I can't find a pro.
Cons
Everything!!!!!!
Summary

Developer’s Description

By Artifact Interactive

Design and print your own garden plan.

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 or image of your design. A quick way to produce a professional garden plan.