Plant Collector and Gardening Database Professional Software

*** New 2020 Version ***

Trial available. See below for download link.


COMPATIBLE WITH ANY WINDOWS 10, 11, WINDOWS 8, 8.1, 7, VISTA or XP-SP3

Professional version including collection records, reference records links, reports and contacts.

Suitable for plant and garden management. Record your plants, seeds and cuttings. Includes growth records including images for each plant to record flowering and growth.

  • Easily track watering, repotting, fertilizing due dates with the ability to bulk update records. Easily see what is due, overdue or soon due with dedicated indexes in date order.
  • Easily create pdf or xps files where you can view your records on your phone or other devices. Create separate pdf or xps files for each Genus or any other grouping and view them on your phone when plant shopping.
  • Record any procedures done for each collection record.
  • Record optimum months for flowering, propagation, sowing and pruning with the ability to filter records for a particular month.
  • Import or export records to or from excel spreadsheets.
  • Import records from the 2008 version directly (32 bit version only).
  • Capacity is a minimum 1,000,000 records.
  • New data automatically added to drop down lists.
  • Find your desired records quickly with powerful new filtering options such as direct filter drop downs. Save any filtering or sorting for quick recall as desired.
  • Filtering and sorting applied to main indexes. Just apply a filter and/or sort to your category or other fields, then go straight to the main index which is also filtered and sorted accordingly.
  • Direct filters for each dropdown field where you can apply a filter using that dropdown’s data list.
  • Add web links or file links to each record. 3 hyperlinks for each collection and reference record and one per growth record which can be configured as desired. Can be used to link to a page on a collector website relevant to the record.
  • There are also running totals for the whole collection for Purchase Price, Sale Price and Current Value. These fields can handle any world currency from zero to 3 decimal places. Pricing fields are also filtered, handy when wanting to know totals for a desired set of records.
  • Allows you to keep a record of your plants, seeds and cuttings including images in one simple to use package. View your collection records quickly and easily.
  • A user friendly database which is simple to use compared with other database programs available. See selected screenshots below.

Main Menu – The Main Menu is displayed when you first open the program.

Import and Export Menu – The Import and Export Menu allows import and export of all records.

Collection Records Form – This is where you keep records of all your actual plants seeds or cuttings. Available fields are as per the screenshots below. Easily track watering, repotting, fertilizing due dates with the ability to bulk update records. Record any procedures done for each collection record. Find desired records quickly using powerful filtering and sorting tools which allow you to display records as desired. An Index allows direct navigation to records and is also filtered and sorted along with the form which is great if you have many records. Fields with yellow borders can hold up to 60,000 characters per record with a viewer button to view the contents of the field in a pop up text file. Store up to 9 images per collection record. Six smart looking reports are available where you can print desired records to a pdf or xps file to view on other devices or print to paper.

Growth Records Form – This is where you can keep growth records of your actual plants seeds or cuttings. Easily record growth including four images and one link per growth record. A growth report including images is also included.

Reference Records Form – A whole separate database similar to the collection records, which may be used for reference records as a library, or may be also used for a variety of purposes as desired. Import/Export reference records directly to/from collection records. Import/Export collection records directly to/from reference records.

Contacts and Suppliers Form – Here you can record associated people and establishments. Included are link fields for website and email addresses.

Various reports are available which can be saved to a pdf or xps file where you can view your collection and reference records on your phone or other devices.

Label Report – Print labels with key information to store with each item.

Complete Report – All main fields of each record including the first image with a summary of pricing totals at the end of the report.

Image Report – Key fields of each record including all 9 images.

Procedures Done Report – Selected fields for each collection record including a sub report listing the procedures done records for each collection record.

Inventory Report – Key fields of each record including purchase price in a list format.

Insurance Report – Key fields of each record including current value in a list format. Your insurer does not see the purchase price of your items.

All the above reports can be filtered and sorted as desired. You can create separate reports filtered and sorted as desired.

Please note that the 32 bit version of the Plant Database has the Growth, Image and Label reports limited as to how many images appear on a single page of the report. Maximum is 3 images per page. Records are spread across extra pages to compensate. This is due to the limitations of 32 bit Microsoft Access. Report screenshots for those reports above represent the 64 bit version of the Plant Database.

  • A must for serious plant collectors and gardeners.
  • Supplied by download. Unlock code sent by email. 
  • Suitable for Windows XP SP3 or later including Windows 7 Windows 8/8.1 Windows 10, 11 and Windows Vista. 32 and 64 bit Windows supported. Not suitable for Windows 8 RT.
  • Minimum screen size required 1920×1080 for the large forms or 1366 x 768 for the small forms.
  • Operating instructions supplied as pdf.
  • Unlimited support included.

Try Plant Collector and Gardening Database for free. 

Trial version limited to 10 Collection, 10 Reference Records and 3 Procedures Done Records per Collection record.

Installation files are unzipped to the folder C:\Plant Database Install Folder

Program is installed to C:\Plant Database

Important Note:

  • If you already have a 32 bit version of Microsoft Office installed on the same computer you need to download the 32 bit version of the Plant Collector and Gardening Database.
  • If you already have a 64 bit version of Microsoft Office installed on the same computer you need to download the 64 bit version of the Plant Collector and Gardening Database.
  • If you do not have Microsoft Office installed you may use either the 32 or 64 bit versions of the Plant Collector and Gardening Database but cannot have both on the same computer.

If your version of Windows is 64 bit you may use either the 32 or 64 bit versions of the Plant Collector and Gardening Database but cannot have both on the same computer.

If you have any problem installing the trial due to security or other issues please click here to email me a description of the problem including any messages you receive and I will promptly reply.

Download the 32 bit trial version using the link below. Download is approximately 185MB.

Download the 64 bit trial version using the link below. Download is approximately 300MB.

To make purchase first download and install the trial version then purchase an unlock code to unlock the trial to the full version.

Purchase Unlock Code AUD$39.95.

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