Best Apps For Garden Design

If you’re anything like me, your garden is an endless source of inspiration.

I know that every time I look at my perennials, I can’t help but think about how the design of my garden space could be improved.

There are so many things to consider: the shape of your garden, what kinds of plants you want to use, and even the way in which you lay out the space. If you’re feeling a little lost, maybe it’s time to turn to technology for some help.

Luckily, there are plenty of apps out there that will make designing your garden easier than ever. Here’s just a handful that we love:

Best Apps For Garden Design

1. Grow Your Own
   Who better to turn to for advice than the RHS? The experts there have created an app to help users plant, cultivate and harvest fruit, vegetables and herbs, with down-to-earth advice and useful tools to help you stay on top of garden tasks.
2. Leafsnap
   As the name gives away, this app can be used to identify a plant based on its leaves. A vast library of close-up, detailed shots will help knowledge-thirsty gardeners grow their database of plants, via an app developed by the University of Maryland, Smithsonian Institute and Columbia University. One for budding botanists, by all means.
3. My Soil
   This app analyses your soil to work out its conditions and then give advice as to which plants will do best in your garden, ensuring perfect planting and full blooms every time. It’s an essential for novices, or anyone looking to plant a particular species but unsure how it will fare.
4. Garden Plan Pro
   Anyone looking to grow their own vegetables, plant a herb garden or harvest some fruits should look to Garden Plan Pro; simply plot your garden into it and then you can start planning out the planting areas. The app gives top tips for crop rotation and analyses weather local to you for optimum planting and harvesting dates.
5. Smartplant
   So you’ve planted your garden full of glorious flora and fauna – now what do you do? Enter Smartplant, an app that can help identify plants but more importantly, you can use it to create a care calendar for what’s in your garden, giving personalised advice on how to help everything flourish. Users can also chat with experts for further tips.
6. iScape
   Channel your inner landscape gardener by using AR or uploading an image of your outdoor space and then visualising the end result by adding all the design elements from flowerbeds to paving and plants. A brilliant app for anyone wanting to DIY the garden renovation, or collaborating with a team as all the plans are shareable.

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7. Home Outside
   Better suited to those with a little more experience, Home Outside is an app which lets you mock up a design in the same way a professional would, using hand-drawn elements rather than augmented reality. It’s a brilliant tool and extremely useful when planning the colour you want to spread throughout your garden.
8. Home Design 3D Outdoor & Garden
   Another good app for design planning, the clue to Home Design 3D is in the name – it lets you plot out the dimensions of your space and build from there, adding everything from sheds to plants and furniture. Be aware that the free version does not let you save designs, so it’s worth the in app purchases if you plan on creating your final design in it.
9. Garden Tags
   Garden Tags is the app to use once your garden is planted. As well as plant identification, it has growing advice and plant care instructions so you can log every plant and be sure you’re caring for it properly. Think of it as a sort of planner and tracker for everything living in your garden – it’s as useful as it sounds.

Garden design app android

1. iScape
   Compatible with: iOS 12.2 or later, MacOS 11.0 or later

iScape is a landscape design software specifically for Apple Products. It’s optimized for iPad, but can be downloaded on iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac devices as well. It’s available for both homeowners and professionals. So it’s meant to be easy to use. It also provides realistic visualization tools to help you see what each design will actually look like once it’s completed. Then you can share designs or even collaborate with other users.

The basic version is free for homeowners and hobbyists. There’s also a premium version available for $29.99 per month that includes features like 3D AR designs and proposal tools.

2. Planter
   Compatible with: Android and iOS devices

Planter specializes in optimizing growth conditions for various garden plants. You can create a grid with your landscape dimensions and add more than 50 preloaded plants or create custom additions. The app includes information about companion plants, frost zones, and spacing. It’s ideal for planning vegetable gardens, with less features for those interested in flowers and hardscapes.

The app is free to download and has in-app purchases. It’s designed for consumers. So it’s easy to use. But it doesn’t include many of the advanced design features of other software programs.

3. PRO Landscape Home
   Compatible with: Windows desktop app, can be used on Mac using Parallels Desktop; companion apps available for Android and iOS tablets.

PRO Landscape is a computer design software for landscape architects. It includes realistic photo imaging and CAD designs so you can see proposed ideas right on your screen. It’s also a licensed program, so you can run it on multiple devices or include multiple users in each project. The companion apps for tablets include tools for providing estimates and collecting payments on-site.

The companion apps are free to download. But the desktop version is $1,245. It comes with 24/7 support. And free demos are available as well.

4. SketchUp
   Compatible with: Web-based software

SketchUp is a free 3D modeling software. It’s not specific to landscape design. But it is useful for placing objects in a space. So landscape designers could use it to render plants, patios, benches, and water features.

It’s a web-based software, so it’s accessible to just about anyone. And it even includes cloud storage and sharing, perfect for those who need to send design ideas to clients. The free version is meant for small projects. But there are also paid options starting at $119 per month.

5. Microsoft Pix Camera
   Compatible with: iOS

Microsoft Pix Camera looks like a simple photo capture app. But it allows you to take full panoramic shots of a yard. Then it includes Photosynth technology that you can use to add extra features to the images, giving you a realistic view of what the new design may look like.

It doesn’t include some of the advanced features of other software programs. But it is totally free and allows you to render new designs over an actual image of the yard.

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