Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer 7.0 [OLD VERSION]

3.1 3.1 out of 5 stars | 26 ratings

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Last update: 01-03-2025


About this item

Find your plants with a newly designed search tool - Search according to shade/sun requirements, growth attributes and more
Import a photo and add landscaping, create an outdoor living space or design the exterior of your home
Add water features to your landscape such as pools, ponds and streams
The Growth Slider tool shows what your plants will look like in 0-20 years
Choose from a Library of more than 4,000 items, including over 1,500 plants

Top reviews from the United States

  • Dennis L. Allen
    1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good deal
    Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2014
    As a CAD drafter I expected something more useful. This is harder to use than just sketching with paper and pencil. I would opt for the pencil.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good modeling tool for the money
    Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2007
    Good modeling tool with great 3-D graphics which allows the user to view from any direction. The component selection is adequate and the tutorial was informative allowing me to get started designing within the first hour of installing the product.
  • SloGoin
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2014
    Thank you
  • Joe S.
    2.0 out of 5 stars Good consumer product to get rough landscape ideas
    Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2008
    The software was not what I expected. The 3D tools and views are incredible and can give the average person some ideas on how their landscape would look with some new shrubs, trees, deck, etc. However, I needed to use this software to draw 2D sketches for landscape companies. I freelance with small landscape businesses to draw 2D sketches of residential and commercial landscaping proposals. In the 2D view of this software, you are limited to just a handful of shapes to represent trees and shrubs. Such as a small shrub is a small circle and a larger tree is represented by just a larger circle. If I wanted to do that I could have bought a regular drawing program. You will not have any views of the thousands of trees and shrubs available in the program unless you view it in a 3D virtual tour type view. Really not the right fit for me since I need to provide a sheet of paper to my clients who then send it to their customers.
  • sanka
    3.0 out of 5 stars Time consuming
    Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2009
    The landscaping software has a steep learning curve, and it's somewhat difficult to navigate. It took me hours to try and build my back yard, and when all was said and done, it didn't seem worth it. This product seems well suited for people who will use this software for a business, not a personal yard project. It's too complex for the average homeowner who just wants a simple and quick application.
  • Storm's mom
    1.0 out of 5 stars Dont' Bother
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2011
    If you have anything other in mind than a square, flat yard with very basic standard plants, don't bother buying this. Like the other reviewer, my lot is sloped and this program can't handle more than one terrain level change. Additionally, the plant selection is extremely limited. We're in Colorado and trying to use xeriscaping to save on our water bill and not one of the plants i'm looking for is included in the plant library. Sure you can import plant images into the program, but really, do you have time for all that? I sure don't.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017
    great program
  • Amazon Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not so much
    Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2008
    I wanted a program to help me document my "new" yard. I became a Master Gardener to learn how to do the yard and bought the program to record it. The program was more work than the yard (and it is a significant yard) It is limited, convoluted and took up so much space in my computer that it made my other computer tasks more difficult. I removed the program.

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