12/16/2023 0 Comments Excel garden plannerLike SBP, you have to resize one vegetable at a time, BUT PG does let you choose to make rows or areas of particular plants, so you only have to resize once with a handy slider in the plant information window. The plant selector (aka Vegetable Selector) and Plant Information boxes: Photo: DIY Maven That being said, there are no identified flower icons to choose from, but you can name them in the plant information window on the right.Īnonymous flowers in the Vegetable Selector: Because PG is veg-centric, it does not have structures from which to choose. This time, we are asked to enter our zip code for recommended plants, which are alphabetized. Unlike SBP, PG is geared exclusively toward vegetable garden planing. Again, they require no credit card information to sign up. At $20 a year or $36 for 2 years (and a 45 day trial), it is the least expensive garden planner with the longest trial period. You also don’t get the parts list when you print your free on-line trial version design, BUT it doesn’t print with that huge watermark. Upgrading to the paid version or even the downloadable free trial takes care of the first two issues, and they both allow for exportation of your designs as images as both jpeg and png. You can print your designs, but you can’t save them. Printing and saving is where the free on-line trial version falters a bit (and even excels too). Print of SBP garden design, missing some detail on the right: Photo: DIY Maven You can, however, save plans to your hard drive – yes, even with the trial version. And, again, that print out of supplies and such is based on icon totals only. (Note the herbs section of the garden in the image before last.)Īs far as printing out your design, the SBP downloadable trial version allows it, but it does include a significant watermark. Of course, you can turn the labeling off, but that seems counterproductive to the task at hand. They don’t resize with the picture of the plant, so they dwarf your plants or hide them entirely. Also irritating is that non-alphabetized objects and plants-veggies ARE alphabetized but flowers aren’t, so if flowers are your thing, prepare to do some hunting.Īnother irksome thing are the plant labels. Resizing a pool or a couple trees is one thing, but when you’re talking about two dozen corn icons, it’s a pain. First, SBP doesn’t allow for clicking and dragging, so you have to resize each vegetable and flower in the properties window. Speaking of landscaping, SBP is great for it, but if your intention is to plan a vegetable garden, get ready to be frustrated. SBP offers tons of objects to populate your garden/landscaping, including trees, plants, flowers, shrubs, furniture, and even people and cars.Ī small sample of what you can choose: Photo: DIY Maven This window also lets you edit stuff too, including the size of the object in question. To change the fill of your object, simply choose a new one from the properties window on the right of the screen. There’s also a ‘Tools’ function for drawing custom sizes and shapes of pools, pavings, and garden beds and such, each with choices of fill. Just pick from a selection of objects and plop them into your design. Download of the trial version does not require credit card information, which is great. (Note, when you’ve downloaded SBP, it is identified as a garden planner.) They ALSO offer a free online trial version (more about that in a second). Read on to find out, or skip to the end to see how we graded them.įirst up is Small Blue Printer (SBP), which is available as a one-time download for $35. They offer a 15-day trial period for this version, which lets you design, print, and save your plans. The victims today are Small Blue Printer, Plan Garden, Mother Earth News Garden Planner, and Better Homes and Gardens Garden Planner. Are the free versions as good as the paid-for route? Maybe, maybe not. To turn your brown thumb green – or your greener thumb greener – we’ve assembled 4 popular garden/landscape planners and put them through their paces. Memorial Day is in sight and, here in the Midwest, that means the start of gardening season.
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