[NTLUG:Discuss] Suggestions for FOSS landscaping CAD

[Russ]

Thanks to all of you who responded to my post.  Your advice has been
very useful!  I have looked at Inkscape and Skencil among others.  In
the process of investigating Inkscape I found this site
(http://symbolik.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/landscaping-with-inkscape/ )
which encourages me to use Inkscape.

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Russ <russ.barrows at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My wife is wanting to xeriscape our front yard.  The backyard is next
> year's project.  The first step in doing this is to create a scale
> drawing of the yard as exact as possible in order to design the
> layout, determine the amount of mulch and rock that must be purchased,
> map the water system (drip, not spray), etc.  Of course, all the
> drawing and layouts can be done manually but I would like to be able
> to use my computer.  My search for FOSS landscaping CAD turned up
> nothing.   Advice is welcome.  I hope someone out there knows of a CAD
> program that is fairly easy to use.  Thanks.