Plant generation in Blender

Hi, I’ve been working in arch vis for 15 years and I’m looking to start using Blender for an ongoing arch vis / matte painting personal project at home.

A few images I have in mind will focus a lot on agricultural scenes, and I was wondering what Blender is like for plant and tree models. Google suggests there’s a plugin called Grove which looks pretty good for trees… Are there any solutions that allow for other plant types, such as tomato or grape vines? Or are modelling them from scratch or buying from the marketplace my only options?

Any advice for a noob gratefully received!

try some of these

tree site lib / plants / ngplant
http://yorik.uncreated.net/greenhouse.html
tutorials
http://yorik.uncreated.net/tutorials/treemaking.html

plants / and 3D models
http://www.blender-models.com/model-downloads/plants/

http://www.flatpyramid.com/3d-models/plant-blender-blend

and this one for trees

happy bl

Looks like a fair amount of choice - thanks for the links!