Landscaping

[Sakura Sands]

When it comes to homes I usually spend more time outside than inside, so I’d rather spend more of my Li on outdoor features.  That said, I’m pretty hopeless at landscaping 🤣.  Usually I’ll put down some furniture and make use of the existing environment.

Anyone care to share their fave brands and products for landscaping? Paths, garden beds, plants etc   Any suggestions most appreciated 🧡

Edited April 15, 2020 by Sakura Sands
Working on my log cabin but products for other themes welcome too

[Claire Atheria]

Off the top of my head, I like these stores!

• Anything by Studio Skye (a little expensive but worth it)
• Botanical & 3D Trees for trees/plants
• Grasses & trees from HPMD (her dirt path is popular too)
• This flower bed (I pull the flowers from it to use in other places)
• Titans has a really nice weeping willow (for Victorians)

I know I'm missing some though.

Edited April 15, 2020 by Claire Atheria

[Artair Glendullen]

Digitize has some trees and some very nice topiaries if you're into that kind of thing, Dysfunctionality carries a lot of groundcover plants, and I really like Jian's plants even though they sell more animals nowadays.

[Sylvia Tamalyn]

[ ROOTS ] has a pretty small selection, but it's all top notch. You gotta love 1 LI trees and hedges! https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/79727

Landscaping by Felix has a huge selection, and I love the wildflowers there. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/26948?lang=en-US

[Marianne Little]

I also recommend Landscaping by Felix. A good buy there if you are new to his plants, can be this pack: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Wild-Flower-Shape-Addon-Set-by-Felix-8-Parts-copy-mody/15859743

You get samples of many different wildflower sets in there.

I have many sets from him.... I tear them apart and spread the flowers all around. I think @Chic Aeonmentioned trees that was especially low Li and pretty. I think it is plenty trees in LogLand already, but in case you want a tree or two, I am sure Chic will post it here.

"Love" has some stuff that I ... love. 😁 I use the Daisy patch pack a lot. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/LOVE-DAISY-PATCH-PACK/16737416

It is well worth it to visit both Landscaping by Felix and Love inworld, for inspiration.

I use these ground covers all around in my Artagan plot. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Anenome-Groundcovers/6029573

 

[Elena Blossom]

I think these have not been mentioned:  TSpot home and garden (it is  full perm items, so some prices are higher but truly worthy) and Two Moon Gardens

(And yes, my fav one HPMD  )

 

 

[Marianne Little]

And Reid Parkin. He has his inworld store divided in in 2: One full permissions section, and one copy/mod section with lower prices. I think the link from his Marketplace go to the full permissions part. Look for a huge sign that gives you the LM to the copy/mod section when you click it.

I use his climbing roses and rose bushes, and it is so hard to find hanging baskets with flowers. But Reid Parkin has hanging ferns and also hanging geraniums that's only 1 Li. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Geraniums-in-Hanging-Pot-CM/13827404

I have his hardy geraniums pack and geraniums in wooden box too, but I use the geranium bush with flat backside most, because it is so easy to place against a wall. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/147298/search?utf8=✓&search[category_id]=&search[maturity_level]=GMA&search[keywords]=geranium

Edited April 16, 2020 by Marianne Little
added more info

[Chic Aeon]

1 hour ago, Marianne Little said:

have many sets from him.... I tear them apart and spread the flowers all around. I think @Chic Aeonmentioned trees that was especially low Li and pretty. I think it is plenty trees in LogLand already, but in case you want a tree or two, I am sure Chic will post it here.

Birch tree set which if I remember correctly are texture change for season. 

[Marianne Little]

Yes Chic, it is them. I have them in the Birch forest building set, but that whole set is too big for our small plots. Better to buy just the trees. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/1-Prim-Mesh-Birch-Tree-Seasons-Change-Set-20-m-High-copy-mody/10157287

[Nando Yip]

I spent a lot of time without buying anything landscaping since I sold my entire island in 2012, so it's been great to read these tips, thanks to everyone, and especially to @Sakura Sands for opening this topic.

[Sakura Sands]

1 hour ago, Nando Yip said:

I spent a lot of time without buying anything landscaping since I sold my entire island in 2012, so it's been great to read these tips, thanks to everyone, and especially to @Sakura Sands for opening this topic.

Ya it's been so nice getting tips from all these clever people.  Thanks, everyone ❤️

 

[Sylvia Tamalyn]

6 hours ago, Marianne Little said:

And Reid Parkin. He has his inworld store divided in in 2: One full permissions section, and one copy/mod section with lower prices. I think the link from his Marketplace go to the full permissions part. Look for a huge sign that gives you the LM to the copy/mod section when you click it.

I use his climbing roses and rose bushes, and it is so hard to find hanging baskets with flowers. But Reid Parkin has hanging ferns and also hanging geraniums that's only 1 Li. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Geraniums-in-Hanging-Pot-CM/13827404

I have his hardy geraniums pack and geraniums in wooden box too, but I use the geranium bush with flat backside most, because it is so easy to place against a wall. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/147298/search?utf8=✓&search[category_id]=&search[maturity_level]=GMA&search[keywords]=geranium

Oh yes, I meant to mention Reid Parkin, too! I agree that his low-prim items are very good. Thanks for the info about the flat-back geraniums, as I have not noticed them in his store before. I will be getting some of those for sure. 

[Pussycat Catnap]

Just be sure to do 2 things:

1. Avoid any Scupties. They're always bad.
2. Look at the intended mesh tree in wireframe mode and make sure it isn't some 1-million polygon nightmare using a hack to keep the land-impact low. Such hacks are even worse than sculpties in terms of GPU-slow down lag.

[Elora Lunasea]

Heart also - caveat being her packs are pricey but they are really beautiful in appearance. Also, you get several sizes and shapes of each type of the plant you buy, which will range in prims from 1 to around 7 each and they are modify so you can stretch a 7 prim down quite a bit and vice versa if you need a particular shape for a space. I especially like the wild dog rose pack.

I second many of the above mentioned already. Studio Skye is one of my standbys - lots of the packs come with 1 prim items; hosta, ferns, various flowers and bushes and all are very good looking. 

Two Moon Garden is another one which is good for ripping apart - but I'd use the plantings more for background fill-in not up close use although the paths, benches, fountains and such are pretty decent and most fairly low prim once ripped. 

Others: Kidd, HPMD, Little Branch (some are too primmy but many aren't) and Botanical.

[Sakura Sands]

On 4/17/2020 at 3:32 AM, Pussycat Catnap said:

Just be sure to do 2 things:

1. Avoid any Scupties. They're always bad.
2. Look at the intended mesh tree in wireframe mode and make sure it isn't some 1-million polygon nightmare using a hack to keep the land-impact low. Such hacks are even worse than sculpties in terms of GPU-slow down lag.

This may be a silly question but how do I know if something is a sculptie?

[Emma Krokus]

13 hours ago, Sakura Sands said:

This may be a silly question but how do I know if something is a sculptie?

Not silly at all!

Possibly a little tricky though as an object may be made up of multiple prims, which may be a mixture of prim versions: prims, sculpt and mesh.

 

These instructions are based on the SL Official Viewer - other viewers use slightly different wording for EDIT LINKED.

 

For a single prim object, rightclick the item and chose EDIT mode. Then select the OBJECT tab:

- if it's a sculpted object, you'll see a little rainbow coloured image in the texture window

- for mesh, the texture window will be grey

- a prim will not have an texture window, but tell you what prim shape it is instead of saying SCULPTED.

 

For an objects made of multiple prims, rightclick as above and in EDIT mode, choose the OBJECT tab

and NOW click EDIT LINKED first.

Then, while holding down the CTRL key, tab through the individual prims by clicking the > key and look for the information above.

The prim you are looking at will be highlighted in your viewer with an outline - yellow for the root prim, blue for the child prims.

 

Emma  

Edited April 18, 2020 by Emma Krokus

[Pussycat Catnap]

Additionally;

Prim, Sculpty, and Mesh will look different when selected in most viewers (Niran's Dragon Viewer makes Sculpties look like mesh):

(prim top left, sculpty top right, mesh on bottom)

 

Sculpty on left vs mesh tree on right:

[NiranV Dean]

23 hours ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

Additionally;

Prim, Sculpty, and Mesh will look different when selected in most viewers (Niran's Dragon Viewer makes Sculpties look like mesh):

Black Dragon makes all objects use the same selection outlines, regardless of what they are. Prims, sculpts, meshes. The new outlines are much faster and don't look as stupid.

[Pussycat Catnap]

1 hour ago, NiranV Dean said:

Black Dragon makes all objects use the same selection outlines, regardless of what they are. Prims, sculpts, meshes. The new outlines are much faster and don't look as stupid.

Unfortunately this makes it hard to determine what something you encounter out in the world is.

[NiranV Dean]

7 minutes ago, Pussycat Catnap said:

Unfortunately this makes it hard to determine what something you encounter out in the world is.

Features tab shows the sculpt stitch type if its a sculpt if i'm not mistaken, even when everything is disabled. Also a sculpt always is 1 prim/Ll regardless of its complexity. A sculpt also doesn't have the prim torture options. It's actually not hard to tell what an object is by looking at it if you know what to look for.

Edited April 21, 2020 by NiranV Dean

[Sakura Sands]

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/l-ROOTS-l-Lavender-Field/14898349  Love this Lavender from Roots.  Realistic but low Li.

 Can anyone recommend something else like this? Looking to create some low Li realistic garden beds.

[PrudenceAnton]

7 minutes ago, Sakura Sands said:

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/l-ROOTS-l-Lavender-Field/14898349  Love this Lavender from Roots.  Realistic but low Li.

 Can anyone recommend something else like this? Looking to create some low Li realistic garden beds.

This is one I love that is 1 LI

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/alirium-nanohana/18841603
 

 

[Alwin Alcott]

1 hour ago, Sakura Sands said:

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/l-ROOTS-l-Lavender-Field/14898349  Love this Lavender from Roots.  Realistic but low Li.

 Can anyone recommend something else like this? Looking to create some low Li realistic garden beds.

it's (mosty) older , but véry affordable .. Kidd ... http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/KIDD Grass Garden/128/129/22
some things are still very nice to use now too
grasses ( some also very usefull for sandy plots!)
flowers
fields
and so on.

[LittleMe Jewell]

On 4/16/2020 at 11:32 AM, Pussycat Catnap said:

 

1. Avoid any Scupties. They're always bad.

Why?  I didn't pay much attention to things when objects were moving from sculpty to mesh.  So even though I've heard the "avoid sculpties at all cost" many times, I've never actually heard why they are so bad.  I occasionally encounter sculpty items while going through old inventory stuff. I typically know it is a sculpty right away because most of them take much longer to rez.  However, sometimes one will rez really fast, which seems to rebuke my theory that sculpties in general are bad because they take forever to rez.  So if there are some that  rez immediately, there must be some other reason why they are always bad.

[Elena Blossom]

On 4/28/2020 at 8:14 AM, Sakura Sands said:

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/l-ROOTS-l-Lavender-Field/14898349  Love this Lavender from Roots.  Realistic but low Li.

 Can anyone recommend something else like this? Looking to create some low Li realistic garden beds.

Sakura, have you visited T-Spot by Teresa Matfield or Azalea BlueBell stores?

 

Edited May 1, 2020 by Elena Core