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Permalink Reply by Nicole Beane Plunkett on May 3, 2011 at 3:33pm

Hi! I was wondering the same thing. Does anyone have any resources they'd like to share? Thanks!! :-)

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Permalink Reply by Wyatt Thompson, PLA on May 3, 2011 at 8:16pm

There was a discussion about this in the Sketchup group a while back.

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Permalink Reply by John Pacyga on May 4, 2011 at 8:57am

Here is a list of trees I think are the best from the 3D warehouse. If you have already downloaded these, please forgive me.
http://sketchupland.posterous.com/best-3d-trees-from-3d-warehouse
Depending on what you are doing, 2D trees/shrubs are good alternatives. Some 2D picture "face me" plants can look just as good or better than a 3D low-poly plant in 3rd party rendering programs. They also keep the model small and easier to manipulate.

There are some free models on the XFrog site, but they are HUGE and need to be edited for SketchUp use. (Download the .3ds files and use Fixtreed ruby on them.)

Form Fonts has an "exchange" part of their website, but I don't know if it restricts the use of the components or if there are plants of any value. I've heard good things about their plants that you buy (low-poly but good quality).

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Permalink Reply by Jon Quackenbush on May 4, 2011 at 11:28am

thanks, that line led me to a few I hadn't yet found...

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Permalink Reply by Craig de Necker on June 8, 2012 at 12:38pm

Check out Sketch3D from DynaSCAPE - https://sketch3d.dynascape.com/ great resource for SketchUp plants as well as other garden goodies.

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Permalink Reply by Joaquim P on June 10, 2012 at 6:01pm

Take care with 3d high poly trees, even at start look fancy, sometimes aint better option cause make your scene really heavy.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Bauer on June 14, 2012 at 10:54am

Try Dynascape Sketch 3D.  They have a good collection of a variety of plants and furniture etc..

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Permalink Reply by Blair LeJeune on June 14, 2012 at 12:33pm

Land F/X also has great plants, trees, etc. for your scene.

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