Pencil and paper? Boy, that takes all the fun out of it! I just about have
my wife convinced I need more software, I can't let her see you post! You
two aren't in cahoots are you?

THANKS!

"Pam" wrote in message
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Steve wrote:

Oops! I failed to explain my entire desire. I would like to 'graph' the
plant's location in relation to others, the house, etc. so I am looking
for
a way to graphically depict the landscape. I will be skipping the
'design'
step and using the design to maintain the inventory.

I am working on a database (that I will keep on my palm pilot) of the
details but would like the 'picture' as well.

Maybe that makes sense!

Makes perfect sense! However, as a professional landscape designer, I have
yet
to see the home software that is effective in achieving this result. The
easiest
thing to do is get some graph paper and a pencil and sketch out your
plantings.
It needn't be to scale - just a rough drawing of each planting area with
the
plants designated and labeled. Changes are acccommodated easily and
rapidly and
you can add notes about future changes, planting dates, etc. as you wish.
This
is exactly what I do (no time to do drafted, scale drawings of my own
garden!)
and my Excel inventory corresponds to each area. Since my plantings are
pretty
intensive, this is far easier than using less than ideal software
programs,
which seldom allows for the degree of layering and overlap that occurs in
most
real life gardens.

pam - gardengal