- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Small photos, basic plantfinder, no lists & offers); $44.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: July 23, 2008
- Total Downloads: 28,272
- Downloads last week: 214
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 13 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on May 08, 2009
With so many different species of plants, flowers, and vegetables, it can be difficult arranging your garden each year. Gardens and Plants offers an unparalleled database for keeping your garden organized in the soil and on the computer. This comprehensive program isn't for the casual, weekend gardener who likes to plant a few tomatoes each year. Instead, it's geared toward the professional gardener who needs to do more than look up plants.
This program has a fairly simple layout that helps users explore the complex plant world. With a generous screen and a row of icons down the left hand side, users should have no trouble navigating the program. The icons represent Plants, Searches, Companies, and a Calendar. The Plants section has thousands of entries organized alphabetically. Double-clicking on any plant brings up a wealth of information, including its Latin name, the best times to plant, and what soil is best. The Search function helps users wade through the numerous entries to find the information you need, although you will have to know the common or scientific name of the plant. This download really helps business owners stay organized, too. For anyone involved in the sale of plants, Gardens and Plants has a contact management option for storing company information, and a calendar for tracking events and meetings.
Gardens and Plants has an overwhelming amount of information, and while it may be difficult to track down a plant you don't have a name for, it is a highly informative download. We recommend it for anyone in the plant and garden industry.
Publisher's description
From Natura-Media :More than 2,500 plants. More than 4,000 pictures. Basic plant finder with Latin or common name, family, max height-width & min tolerant temperature. Advanced plant finder with 79 morphological and biological criteria. Save searches Make plant lists for your projects. Make price lists and offers. Add pots, irrigation, services in your offers Store prices and plant sizes. Add your plants. Keep contacts (Address book). Market guide with 30 professions. More than 1.300 companies from 50 countries. Calendar. Advanced print & export setup (watermark, page color, margins, headers). Export data in .xls, .pdf, .doc, .html, image files Send e-mails View in card or in list mode.
Version 6.02 adds more than 200 photos and 100 plants.
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Version 6.02 adds more than 200 photos and 100 plants.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 13 votes
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Gardens and Plants 6.02
"I am surprised of the quality"
Pros: It is simply to use, with very good photos and rich plant description.
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Version: Gardens and Plants 6.02
Pros: Must be the most complete in his kind and therby handy to use
Cons: Some subjects could be treate a bit more completely like f.i. pruning and a extensive chapter on garden pets (like a turtle) would be welcome
Summary: Very hansome and promising
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Version: Gardens and Plants 6.02
"This program is not exactly what I thought it was."
Pros: The plant information is good, with good descriptions of the plants.
Cons: This program isn't exactly what I thought it was. I was looking more for a program that would help me DESIGN a garden more than the plants to go into it.
Summary: I found the program easy and informative, but not exactly what I was looking for. I was really wanting a program that would help me DESIGN a garden. The plant photos and descriptions were an excellent souce as far as choosing plant material though.
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Version: Gardens and Plants 6.02
"A lot of plants, and good information"
Pros: Easy to use.
Cons: Pictures won't enlarge.
Summary: It is useful but needs some improvements.
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Version: Gardens and Plants 6.02
Pros: The information was somewhat useful
Cons: removed it after trying it for just a few days.
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