Is anyone aware of a good garden data base software for MACs? We are
interested in one which will allow us manage a large garden. We want
to be able to build a plant data base with appropriate characteristics
for each plant. There is a good windows based one but it does not
work on MAC. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Is anyone aware of a good garden data base software for MACs? We are
interested in one which will allow us manage a large garden. We want
to be able to build a plant data base with appropriate characteristics
for each plant. There is a good windows based one but it does not
work on MAC. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

If you have a Mac with the Intel Duo chip, you could install "Boot Camp"
and Windows XP and, run the software from your Mac.

Otherwise, let us know what you find.
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In article
,
wrote:

Is anyone aware of a good garden data base software for MACs? We are
interested in one which will allow us manage a large garden. We want
to be able to build a plant data base with appropriate characteristics
for each plant. There is a good windows based one but it does not
work on MAC. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Perhaps of interest. I've not run it.

Bill

ps Below is freeware.

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(Released: 2/24/2007)
Redstart Software

www.GardenSketch.com
What is GardenSketch?
GardenSketch is design software which can help plan and lay out any
area, from the smallest garden plot to the largest landscape, enabling
the planner to visualize a garden space before any plants are purchased,
in color, in any season.
GardenSketchŒs specialized drawing tools make designing landscapes
easy. The existing landscape can be easily entered by incorporating
aerial or satellite photos. GardenSketch enables the planner to choose
suitable plants with its advanced search capability. It makes buying
plants and mulch easy by computing the number of plants and/or amount of
mulch required for an area.
For home users, GardenSketch saves information about last year¹s
planting season, (ex: germination, plant-out dates, and degree of
success) and can help determine the optimum time to plant seedlings. It
can even print labels for flats/pots when starting seeds.
For commercial users, GardenSketch is compatible with an open XML file
format, and uses OpenGL to maintain speed even with large numbers of
plantings. GardenSketch can handle large plans by managing smaller garden
plots overlayed on a master plan. GardenSketch can be customized after
purchase by using plug-ins.

System requirements
GardenSketch runs on AppleMacintosh computers running OS revision 10.3.9
or greater. It has been tested so far on systems running OS revision
10.4.8, with G4 , G5, and Core Duo processors.

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