Gardening Methods

Hi – What Is The Best Garden Design Software Available?

Can be Free Online Or Paid CD-Rom. I know that are great software programs that are free to download on all sorts of uses but I cannot find much regarding Garden design.

I did a bit of research into this a few months ago to see what was available
I was given this one http://www.gardencomposer.com/ for free, tried it and it’s actually not bad, but you do need a lot of patience to use it.
I’ll add to links as I come across them ….
http://www.showoff.com/ this one you have to sign up for and looks like it wont be available for much longer so save it as a file open it then save opened prog to disc in case you like it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/design/ is the beebs online one
http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/ this one I haven’t a clue about, looks like it could be expensive.
This one has some excellent reviews but look at the price http://www.ideaspectrum.com/arch_overview.php
Same programme http://www.ideaspectrum.com/rls_pro_overview.php check out the price difference … pays to shop around.
This is the one I am using at the moment and I’m quite pleased with it http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/landscapedeck.asp?id=45436&gclid=CKre-OjZxJ0CFaBb4wodiDlpsg You can download a free trial, almost all of the features are enabled
Just a little warning to you .. this programme was excellent for the price http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005A8XT/qid=1066873313/sr=1-12 but check out the operating systems it ran on! doh! However I think this is the updated version of it http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007U9BTE
Thisone has some good reviews http://www.amazon.com/Better-Gardens-Landscaping-Designer-VERSION/product-reviews/B0007Z72OK/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 don’t know of any landscapers that use though

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