The images that the system creates are stylized, look very professional, and it is very clear what is being represented. It enables a landscape gardener to present ideas for approval along with accurate costings to the homeowner, and even invoice once the work is complete. What it offers is a variety of different professional solutions, that enables designers and homeowners to create an accurate model of a house and its surrounding area and then design changes. Some landscaping products are for home use and have limited functionality, but Realtime Landscaping isn’t one of them. Site licenses are also available, as are educational deals for up to 500 computers. The pricing for Garden Planner is very straightforward a one-off fee with no subscriptions and no in-app purchases. But, if those are to produce a map of a garden with changes to give to a landscape gardener, then it might be ideal. Overall, this is a simple tool with limited objectives. What it does have is the ability to add your own plants, and control how they appear. The representation of plants and paving is highly stylized, and it doesn’t offer photo-real rendering or light calculations. New to version 3.7 is 3D views, but all planning is in 2D. Once the placement of plants, furniture and features is complete, Garden Planner will create a selection of notes that includes a list of everything added and any notes you created while working on the project. On either platform, this is a drag-and-drop interface where objects are selected from a comprehensive library and simply added to the design. Garden Planner by Small Blue Printer is an accessible garden and landscaping design tool that is available for both Windows PC and Apple Mac. This tool is free, but you can upgrade to a Pro version that is designed for landscape professionals to use to promote their services. Our only reservation is that you must own an Apple phone or tablet to use it, with the developers ignoring the much larger Android market. What this isn’t is a CAD tool for creating exact models, but it does provide an excellent method for trying out the options and get feedback on what works, and what doesn’t. IScape has a huge selection of trees, plants, fences and other garden paraphernalia that you can drop into the virtual garden and then move to the exact location you’d like that feature.Īnd, to speed up the process, elements can be mirrored, copied and cloned. The beauty of this solution is that you can walk around with the phone and see what the new garden will look like from different vantage points, and adjust if a tree blocks the view, or similar. This software uses an Apple iPhone or iPad to gather data about the existing space and then, using augmented reality, overlay those existing features with new ones. Let’s imagine you’ve bought a new home and your trying to decide how the garden might be redeveloped, then iScape could be for you. Apple devices only -Doesn’t export designs

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