Cleve West champions Complete Gardens software

He says that he detests spending time in front of a computer, Cleve West, the BBC Gardeners World blogger and garden designer, insists that if you purchase the Complete Gardens 3,500 interactive plant software, you can actually cut down the time you spend in front of the screen.

In perhaps a dig at inferior software imports, West says: "I'm not saying it will stop me buying more books for my sagging shelves but as a work tool (my assistant Humaira will love it) it's brilliant and it's British so it won't throw up lists that will have you trawling through plants that will only grow in Madagascar".

Neil Bromhall, the award winning BBC time-lapse photographer, who worked with Sir David Attenborough, hastaken six careful years to compile the most comprehensive plants lists with over 9,000 detailed photographs.

Neil, who is a member of the Landscape Juice Network and one of the Landscape Juice sponsors, popped into the network prompt us on the review by Cleve West on the Independent website today.