Geoff Hamilton's 3D Garden Designer Version 3

Whether you're starting with an empty plot, or simply want to try out new planting ideas, Geoff Hamilton's 3D Garden Designer is the perfect tool. Start with a plan view, add patios, fencing and other structures, and then use the Plant Filter and Encyclopedia to find plants to suit your garden.

As you're putting together your designs, you can experiment by moving plants and fixtures around the screen, scaling or rotating objects, or zooming in on borders to arrange your chosen flowers. Once you're happy with your design, view your garden in 3D to see how it will look and check for year-round colour.

Key Features

• Features lots of demo gardens for inspiration, including Geoff's Town and Country Paradise Gardens
  
• Includes over 3,700 plants in the fully searchable database
  
• Plant care calendar ensures you keep your plants in tip top condition
  
• Lets you print your garden design in 3D or plan mode
  
• The plant filter helps you find plants suitable for your garden's conditions
  
• Take a 3D stroll around your garden to see what it will look like
  
• View your garden during the different months of the year to ensure you achieve year-round colour

Loads of demo gardens to get you started
You'll get plenty of ideas from the wide range of pre-designed gardens. We've even included Geoff Hamilton's Town & Country Paradise Gardens.

'Birds-eye' planning
Measure up & design your garden using the plan view, just like a professional landscaper would. Lay down a grid to make sure the dimesions of your garden are to scale.

Create any structure
You can produce an accurate plan of your garden by using the tools to create curved boundaries, patios, fencing and other structures.

Encyclopedia & Filter
More than 3,700 plants have been included in the database. These can be searched for by colour, height, shape, flowering season, soil type and much more.

Even more plant info
Along with a full-colour glossary of all the plants, you'll find a map showing where they come from and warnings about poitential diseases. You're sure to end up with a thriving garden!

Plant care
This CD-ROM produces a care calendar for the plants in your garden, showing you exactly what jobs you need to do each month to keep your plants healthy all year round.

Superb 3D viewing
Once you've got your garden underway, wow yourself with the new, improved 3D graphics, showing how your garden will look in real life.

Year-round colour
See how your garden will look throughout the year by slecting a month to view it in. This helps you to choose plants that will give you the most colour from season to season and find spots that need more colour or planting.

Adjust your design
It's simple to move and edit objects in your design. Tile your screen to get both views & see your changes update in real time.

Stroll around your garden
When you're happy with your design, explore your garden on screen using the cursor keys.