Gardeners' World Magazine Garden Manager with Alan Titchmarsh

The garden diary is the main feature of this CD-ROM. It outlines gardening tasks by type of garden and plant on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, as well as providing hints and tips on getting the most out of your garden. Use the comprehensive plant database as the starting point for beginning your garden diary. Plants are categorised by both common and botanical name--click on the plant that interests you and a new screen presents varied information from flowering, height, care and when to plant. You can then add this plant to your garden and it becomes a listing in your garden diary. When this plant needs attention you'll be notified of what and when.

Looking for something new? Alan Titchmarsh presents a project each month, from cutting hedges to laying a patio or making hanging baskets for gorgeous colour and decorate around your home. After some inspiration? The "Gardens to Visit" section offers many suggestions of spectacular gardens you may wish to go see for yourself (the likes of Drummond Castle or the RHS Wisley Gardens in Surrey)--handy information such as location, opening times and a contact number are included. Want to prevent your beetroot from thinning out? Interested in making your own compost? The "How to..." section is only a click away, where Adam Pasco has all the answers you're looking for. There's also invaluable advice from Pippa Greenwood and Nigel Colborn, a useful "Contacts" section for storing details of garden centres and family and friends, plus an impressive search function covering every potential aspect of your garden. The Gardeners' World Magazine Garden Manager is your complete garden management tool and an extensive reference in one. --Melannie Pring

The diary tells you exactly what you need to do in your garden every week. Advice can be personalised for your own plants and garden.

Find out exactly how to care for your garden with practical advice on hundreds of topics from Adam Pasco. You can also follow Alan Titchmarsh's monthly step-by-step projects covering everything from laying a patio to creating a pond.

Expert advice is available from Nigel Colborn and Pippa Greenwood, and is backed up by an illustrated database of over a thousand plants. You can even create new records for the plants in your garden.