Mother Nature Meets Motherboard.
SierraHome™ offers gardening assistance to Mother Nature this spring with the release of LandDesigner® 3D Design Collection 6.0.
Mother Nature Meets Motherboard.
SierraHome's Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection brings landscape planning and visualization tools to the home computer.
BELLEVUE, Wash. (March 15, 2000) - SierraHome™ offers gardening assistance to Mother Nature this spring with the release of LandDesigner® 3D Design Collection 6.0 for computer gardening and landscaping. With expanded sample garden and landscaping designs, over 6,000 selections of plant life and outdoor accessories and the ability to order gardening supplies online, gardeners of every level will be able to visualize, plan and build their gardens before the bulbs begin to peak.
"Gardening is one of the top hobbies in America, yet most gardeners don't realize they can take their favorite hobby to new heights with their home computer," said Anne Boswell, vice president of marketing for SierraHome. "SierraHome is excited to offer gardening and landscaping enthusiasts everywhere a software program such as Complete LandDesigner to plan, design, visualize growth and problem-solve before putting a shovel in the ground."
Complete LandDesigner, the #1-selling gardening software product on the market in 1999*, has been widely heralded as the leading program by garden writers and software reviewers nationwide. Created with gardeners' needs in mind, SierraHome's LandDesigner is a collection of powerful software tools supported by helpful videos and tutorials to make landscaping easy and fun.
Enhancements to Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection 6.0 include:
Additional sample garden and landscaping designs including Feng Shui, Italian, English, Southwestern, water, rose, herb and mystical gardens
Enhanced plant and object search functions.
Ability to print out and email high-quality 3D design snapshots
Improved design functionality when working with and around landscape hills, mounds and depressions
An upgraded problem-solving design guide.
Partnership with Garden.com™ for users to order garden supplies online.
New freehand drawing tools for incorporating customized flowerbeds and driveways into designs.
Traditional LandDesigner features include: Seasonal Changes, Growth Over Time, Shadow Caster, WalkAbout™, a 3D-viewing tool and SierraHome's own gardening Web site: www.gardening.com.
Six programs are included in the new Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection 6.0: LandDesigner 3D 6.0, Photo Garden Designer, Garden Encyclopedia, 3D Deck, The Ortho® Home Gardener's Problem Solver and Personal Garden Planner. No other gardening suite combines project-based landscaping, garden research and deck design software.
Landscape Design Tools:
LandDesigner 3D 6.0 allows computer users of any skill level to design their ideal landscapes, drawing from a selection of 6,000 plants, trees, shrubs, flowerbeds and outdoor accessories, and stroll through the final design in photo-realistic 3D. In addition, step-by-step wizards helps users customize landscapes to reflect a lot shape including ground slopes, hills, mounds, depressions and house-positions. The end design can then be easily shared with landscaping professionals and/or friends through print-outs, email or the Internet.
Gardeners will enjoy the photo-realistic fun of Photo Garden Designer. Starting with a scanned photo of their yard, gardeners can quickly and easily see how adding shrubs, brick walkways, tile roofs and other accessories can beautify their property before even breaking ground.
3D Deck allows users to design single- or multi-level decks and view them in 3D alone or within the garden plan. With 3D Deck, users can also view an animated deck building sequence from the ground up. Simply click and drag the outline of the deck and 3D Deck calculates how the boards should be cut, placed and even compiles a complete materials shopping list for the design.
Resources for Gardeners:
The Ortho Home Gardener's Problem Solver helps gardeners identify the pests and diseases blighting their garden and offers solutions. Widely recognized as the premier authority in garden care, Ortho draws both organic and chemical solutions from an extensive database of nearly 700 gardening problems.
Garden Encyclopedia is a phenomenal resource with thousands of full-color photos of plants, trees and shrubs. A one-button search feature allows users to quickly find and hear the pronunciations of either common or botanical plant names, determine which plants attract hummingbirds or butterflies or search for particular attributes such as flower color, climate zone, bloom season or sun requirements. Gardeners can even rule out poisonous plants for more kid- and/or animal-friendly gardens.
Gardeners will get organized and stay one step ahead of outdoor chores with the Personal Garden Planner. Stationed on the desktop, users can plan for various landscaping tasks with a built-in, customizable calendar.
Garden.com™
SierraHome has partnered with Garden.com to offer users a $10 gift certificate towards their first garden supply purchase at Garden.com.
Pricing, Availability and System Requirements.
Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection is available on CD-ROM for Windows 95/98/2000 at an estimated street price of $69.95. Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection is available at local software retailers, online at www.sierrahome.com, or by calling 800-757-7707. The program runs on Pentium® 166 or higher processor with 32 MB RAM and 60 MB free hard disk space.
Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection is part of SierraHome, Sierra's home productivity division. SierraHome has recently expanded, making it one of the most diverse publishers of home productivity software titles in the industry. SierraHome publishes top-selling product lines in categories including home publishing, genealogy, cooking, gardening, home design, digital imaging, personal improvement and Web page design.
Sierra On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers of education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions, Blizzard®, Coktel, Knowledge Adventure®, Sierra™ and Flipside.com™ are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi Communications.
Ortho is a registered trademark of The Scotts Company. Garden.com is a registered trademark of Garden.com, Inc.
SierraHome's Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection brings landscape planning and visualization tools to the home computer.
BELLEVUE, Wash. (March 15, 2000) - SierraHome™ offers gardening assistance to Mother Nature this spring with the release of LandDesigner® 3D Design Collection 6.0 for computer gardening and landscaping. With expanded sample garden and landscaping designs, over 6,000 selections of plant life and outdoor accessories and the ability to order gardening supplies online, gardeners of every level will be able to visualize, plan and build their gardens before the bulbs begin to peak.
"Gardening is one of the top hobbies in America, yet most gardeners don't realize they can take their favorite hobby to new heights with their home computer," said Anne Boswell, vice president of marketing for SierraHome. "SierraHome is excited to offer gardening and landscaping enthusiasts everywhere a software program such as Complete LandDesigner to plan, design, visualize growth and problem-solve before putting a shovel in the ground."
Complete LandDesigner, the #1-selling gardening software product on the market in 1999*, has been widely heralded as the leading program by garden writers and software reviewers nationwide. Created with gardeners' needs in mind, SierraHome's LandDesigner is a collection of powerful software tools supported by helpful videos and tutorials to make landscaping easy and fun.
Enhancements to Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection 6.0 include:
Additional sample garden and landscaping designs including Feng Shui, Italian, English, Southwestern, water, rose, herb and mystical gardens
Enhanced plant and object search functions.
Ability to print out and email high-quality 3D design snapshots
Improved design functionality when working with and around landscape hills, mounds and depressions
An upgraded problem-solving design guide.
Partnership with Garden.com™ for users to order garden supplies online.
New freehand drawing tools for incorporating customized flowerbeds and driveways into designs.
Traditional LandDesigner features include: Seasonal Changes, Growth Over Time, Shadow Caster, WalkAbout™, a 3D-viewing tool and SierraHome's own gardening Web site: www.gardening.com.
Six programs are included in the new Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection 6.0: LandDesigner 3D 6.0, Photo Garden Designer, Garden Encyclopedia, 3D Deck, The Ortho® Home Gardener's Problem Solver and Personal Garden Planner. No other gardening suite combines project-based landscaping, garden research and deck design software.
Landscape Design Tools:
LandDesigner 3D 6.0 allows computer users of any skill level to design their ideal landscapes, drawing from a selection of 6,000 plants, trees, shrubs, flowerbeds and outdoor accessories, and stroll through the final design in photo-realistic 3D. In addition, step-by-step wizards helps users customize landscapes to reflect a lot shape including ground slopes, hills, mounds, depressions and house-positions. The end design can then be easily shared with landscaping professionals and/or friends through print-outs, email or the Internet.
Gardeners will enjoy the photo-realistic fun of Photo Garden Designer. Starting with a scanned photo of their yard, gardeners can quickly and easily see how adding shrubs, brick walkways, tile roofs and other accessories can beautify their property before even breaking ground.
3D Deck allows users to design single- or multi-level decks and view them in 3D alone or within the garden plan. With 3D Deck, users can also view an animated deck building sequence from the ground up. Simply click and drag the outline of the deck and 3D Deck calculates how the boards should be cut, placed and even compiles a complete materials shopping list for the design.
Resources for Gardeners:
The Ortho Home Gardener's Problem Solver helps gardeners identify the pests and diseases blighting their garden and offers solutions. Widely recognized as the premier authority in garden care, Ortho draws both organic and chemical solutions from an extensive database of nearly 700 gardening problems.
Garden Encyclopedia is a phenomenal resource with thousands of full-color photos of plants, trees and shrubs. A one-button search feature allows users to quickly find and hear the pronunciations of either common or botanical plant names, determine which plants attract hummingbirds or butterflies or search for particular attributes such as flower color, climate zone, bloom season or sun requirements. Gardeners can even rule out poisonous plants for more kid- and/or animal-friendly gardens.
Gardeners will get organized and stay one step ahead of outdoor chores with the Personal Garden Planner. Stationed on the desktop, users can plan for various landscaping tasks with a built-in, customizable calendar.
Garden.com™
SierraHome has partnered with Garden.com to offer users a $10 gift certificate towards their first garden supply purchase at Garden.com.
Pricing, Availability and System Requirements.
Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection is available on CD-ROM for Windows 95/98/2000 at an estimated street price of $69.95. Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection is available at local software retailers, online at www.sierrahome.com, or by calling 800-757-7707. The program runs on Pentium® 166 or higher processor with 32 MB RAM and 60 MB free hard disk space.
Complete LandDesigner 3D Design Collection is part of SierraHome, Sierra's home productivity division. SierraHome has recently expanded, making it one of the most diverse publishers of home productivity software titles in the industry. SierraHome publishes top-selling product lines in categories including home publishing, genealogy, cooking, gardening, home design, digital imaging, personal improvement and Web page design.
Sierra On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers of education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions, Blizzard®, Coktel, Knowledge Adventure®, Sierra™ and Flipside.com™ are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi Communications.
Ortho is a registered trademark of The Scotts Company. Garden.com is a registered trademark of Garden.com, Inc.
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