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Good app for garden design?

3 years ago

Hello, can anyone recommend a good, simple (preferably free or cheap!) app to do a garden design with. I want to be able to create a scale plan, don’t need fancy features, 3D rendering etc, just a plan so I can see what will fit!

I learned the old fashioned way, but want to see what is out there before I dig out my old scale rule. Thanks!

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User
3 years ago
I've used the free trial version of Garden Planner for Windows from smallblueprinter.com. It works very well on my laptop.
Alix W
Original Author
3 years ago
Great, thanks - I’ll check it out!
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