Complete Gardens Plant Selector & Pruning Guide
One of the best UK produced garden products we have seen in a long time.
Perfect for beginners and experts - the quantity of information and ease of use make this a great resource for professional gardeners and designers as well as learners and keen gardeners.
BBC Gardeners' World magazine say it all:
Pick of the Best
This CD-ROM is a great resource, packed with useful information about plants.
There's no scrimping on supporting images either, as there are more than 7,000 photographs stored on disc.
This CD is a pleasure to use, as the sign-posting is clear. Head to the garden style and you are offered a choice of interactive designs, such as cottage gardens. Position the mouse over the garden pictures and click on any of the plants to reveal details of their attributes.
You will also find information on pests, diseases and weeds, and many garden articles. There is also an online forum for users to share garden information and ask questions.
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Who makes it?
Complete Gardens Plant Selector & Pruning Guide is designed & produced by Neil Bromhall working with a team of Specialist authors, consultants and contributors. Neil is a professional wildlife photographer and has worked on projects with David Attenborough. The project started as a promise to a gardening friends to put together some information to use in their garden, and has ended up as one of the best UK gardening software products available.
Garden Management System
Version 4 CD for MS Windows
Store all horticultural information and images regarding the plants in your garden in The Garden Management System - gardening software that will help you keep your plants healthy.
Use the Plant Journal to record and report on gardening activities, plant detail and progress of specific plants.
Use the Garden Journal to keep track of your gardening activities.
Reports by common name or botanical name, location, plant family and many more are available.
To get the most out of Garden Management System, you do need to be a very keen gardener / student because you need to add your own garden photos and plant care information.
Who makes it?
GMS is a Canadian product produced by Helen Kirkup. Helen is a long-time gardener with a background in software development and project management as well as being a freelance garden writer.
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CS Garden Designer
Designed by landscape professionals for other garden and landscape professionals
For garden designers and landscapers - CS Garden Designer is a standalone landscape design software product that is in use in over 18 countries.
You can create detailed planting plans, hardworks design or ground modelling routines as well as produce complex layout plans, symbols and graphic libraries with 2D and 3D options.
This is business class software for people who take their business seriously.
With the ability to produce sophisticated and high quality professional results, CS Garden Designer is landscape software to ensure you are able to communicate clearly to meet your clients needs.
The software also links to Microsoft products and provides excellent reporting functionality and schedules, quickly and easily.
UK produced and supported for small and medium businesses.
How much does it cost?
£1450
Who makes it?
Calnan Scott Design are a UK company which is a registered practice with the Landscape Institute UK. They are responsible for software development support and training.
Set-up in 1990, the practice quickly developed a specialism in Computer Aided Design and has been instrumental in developing software products for the environmental professions.
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