TCS - Garden Encyclopedia 2.0

Garden Encyclopedia 2.0

by Tom Kaye
Tulsa Computer Society
From the November 1996 issue of the I/O Port Newsletter

Windows 3.1
Windows 3.11
Windows 95

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO PERFECT PLANTS FOR YOUR GARDEN

Garden Encyclopedia 2.0 is another fine software product of Books That Work. It is the fast and easy way to find the perfect annual, perennial, bulb, vegetable, tree, shrub or groundcover for your garden. Garden Encyclopedia 2.0 features more than 1,500 plants, each with a full color photograph and multi-media presentations with pronunciation. Find exactly what you are looking for by browsing through individual plant records, or by using the contained powerful search tool that allows you to select plants by attributes such as flower color, climate zone, bloom season, and sun requirements. Create, save, and print customized plant lists for shopping at nurseries, and get valuable tips for growing and caring for your plants from the Multimedia "How-To" Guide.

If you own 3D landscape this product can directly import into 3D landscape to update your database of plants.

As with all Books that work, this program is well done, easy to use and is beautifully presented in a very useful manner.

Key Features Include:

Comprehensive database of more than 1,500 annuals, perennials, bulbs, vegetables, trees, shrubs, groundcover, and more.

Print out any plant record complete with desired attributes.

Plant records include a color photo and important attributes.

Search for plants by common or botanical name.

Flexible search by plant appearance and growing attributes.

Audio pronunciations of botanical names.

List plants by common or botanical name.

Printable and modifiable lists for generating inventories, shopping lists, etc.

Note pad to personalize plant records, record success and failure of selected plants.

Photo Album view to scan lists at a glance.

Pest & Disease control information.

Computer demands a 486 or better processor with 8 megs of Ram, CD ROM drive of 2x or better speed soundcard/ video card to support the robust colors and sounds.

You can contact Books that Work on the web at http://www.btw.com

Garden Encyclopedia 2.0 is a CD that every gardener will appreciate receiving.



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