USER GUIDE
Flower Genie ® - Software for Amateur Gardeners
by Ideas for Gardens.com
Last updated: 7th August 2017

This User Guide is for users of Flower Genie - Software for Amateur Gardeners
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Index to User Guide   Introduction   Session 1  Session 2   Session 3   Session 4   Session 5   Session 6
   Session 7   Session 8   Session 9   Session 10   Session 11   Session 12   Session 13   Session 14   General Information
 

User Guide - Session 2

Working with Gardens - using Program FG042
In this session you will learn how to:

• Create a Gardener profile
• Create Garden Divisions
• Create Garden Areas

About Gardener profiles
You should create at least one Gardener record in your database.
The Gardener record can be your own name, or the name of your Garden

There’s no limit to the number of gardener profiles your create.
If you intend to SEND plants by email from your Flower Genie database to friends, then it is a good idea to set up a gardener profile for each friend, making sure to save their email address.
When you SEND plants by email, Flower Genie will list all gardeners with email addresses in the SEND screen, making it easy to select a friend from the pop-up.

About Garden Dividers
These are general regions of your garden, NOT flower beds.
Examples: Front, Rear

About Garden Areas
These are where your plants are actually located - flower beds, herbacious borders, etc
If you dont have names for your flower beds, think of something to begin. You can change the names later.
Examples: Rose bed, Rockery, Patio
 

Create a Gardener profile, Garden Dividers and Garden Areas

1. Start the program: Make Gardens - FG042  Screenshot
2. In screen FG042S01, click the New button

In screen FG042S02, type you own name in the appropriate fields.

3. Check the Main checkbox
4. Click the Add button
    
5. Screen FG042S01 reappears
    
6. Click the Add a Garden Divider button
7. In screen FG042S04, type the name of a Garden Divider e.g. FRONT
   (At this time, or later, you can type in some notes about the Garden Divider. This is used when you produce a hard copy print of your garden)
8. Click Add
    
9. Screen FG042S01 reappears
    
10. Click the Add a Garden Area button
11. Screen FG042S03 appeas Screenshot
    In screen FG042S03, type the name of one of your flower beds e.g. Rose Bed No 1
    (At this time, or later, you can type in some notes about the Garden Area. This is used when you produce a hard copy print of your garden)
12. Click Add
     
13. Screen FG042S01 reappears
    Use the Nudge buttons to arrange your Garden Divisions in your preferred order, and your beds under the appropriate Garden Divisions.
    
    
    Reminder: You will later add plants to beds – you DON’T add plants to dividers
    
     

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