Garden Sketchbook vs Lands Design
Garden Sketchbook
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| Figure | Garden Sketchbook | Lands Design |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3.25/mo | $104.17/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 9 |
| Spec score · 3D Landscape Design Software | 8.8 (#5) | 8.7 (#6) |
| 2D and 3D design | Users can arrange plants in a 2D drag-and-drop editor and see the design in 3D. | The software produces technical 2D drawings, 3D models, realistic images and virtual tours. |
| Company headquarters | Fablehenge says its team lives in New Brunswick, Canada. | LinkedIn lists Barcelona as ASUNI's headquarters. |
| Company size | Fablehenge describes the Garden Sketchbook roadmap as maintained by a one-person development team. | LinkedIn lists ASUNI as having 11–50 employees. |
| Documentation depth | The maker provides FAQ, quick-start and printing documentation covering workflows, account behavior, device support and export steps. | The online help documents commands, toolbars, editing panels and feature workflows, and identifies itself as updated for version 5.5. |
| Plant library | The curated library has about 500 plants with growing information and region and hardiness filters. | The product page describes a filterable database of more than 8,000 species with botanical descriptions and 2D and 3D representations. |
| Purpose | Garden Sketchbook is a browser-based sketchbook for designing gardens to scale and previewing them in 3D across the seasons. | Lands Design is landscape design software for creating gardens, green spaces and landscapes in Rhino or AutoCAD. |
| Support | The maker directs users to contact it for questions, feedback, refunds and account deletion. | The reseller page says technical support is included and unlimited for dealers and end users. |
| What it does | Garden Sketchbook is a browser garden-design app combining a 2D planting canvas with 3D seasonal visualization. | Lands Design is BIM landscape software for creating gardens, green spaces and landscape projects inside Rhino or AutoCAD. |
Plans
Garden Sketchbook
- DemoFree
- FreeFree
- Demo export add-on$9, paid once
- Gardener$39 a year
- StudioPriced on request
Lands Design
- EvaluationFree
- EvaluationFree
- Educational license€95, paid once
- Lands Design educational$95, paid once
- RhinoLands monthly$130 a month
- Commercial license€795, paid once
- Lands Design commercial$795, paid once
- Lands Design LAB$795, paid once
- RhinoLands yearly$1,250 a year
In their own words
Garden Sketchbook
Garden Sketchbook is a browser-based tool for designing gardens to scale and previewing them in 3D across the seasons. Its 2D drag-and-drop editor lets users arrange plants, while the seasonal view shows how the garden and its colors change through the year. Filters cover hardiness zone, sun, soil, bloom season, color, deer resistance, and drought resistance. Plants are sized automatically, and users can trace a floor plan or aerial photo while drawing beds, paths, and structures. The library contains hundreds of plants with growing information and specific varieties; custom varieties can be made by changing size, color, and bloom time. The software runs in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge without installation. The 2D planner works on any device, but the 3D seasonal view requires WebGL. The free demo needs no account, though gardens expire after 24 hours. Gardener costs $39 a year after a 14-day free trial and saves up to 10 gardens. A one-time $9 add-on provides PDF export in the free demo.
Lands Design
Lands Design is landscape design software for creating gardens, green spaces and landscapes in Rhino or AutoCAD. As you draw 2D elements such as contours, plants, paths and walls, the software builds a live 3D model. Terrain can be modeled from contours, meshes or point clouds, or imported from satellite maps, DEM or GIS files. A filterable library covers more than 8,000 plant species, with botanical descriptions and 2D and 3D representations. Planting tools support individual placements, rows and mass groups, with settings for species mix, density and distribution. Parametric walls, fences, ramps and stairs, along with urban furniture, cover hardscape work. Project lists for plants, furniture, terrain and other elements update as the design changes and can be exported to Excel. The Rhino version integrates with Grasshopper and lists compatibility with several renderers. Lands Design runs on Windows as a plugin and requires a matching Rhino or AutoCAD license. A 60-day trial is available; educational and commercial perpetual licenses cost 95.00 EUR and 795.00 EUR once, respectively.