Take the tour ×  When placing gardens, by using the [ or ] keys
we can cycle through many different styles of gardens. Some are
really tiny (about 1x1 tile or smaller), and other are large
walled in parks that take up the size of a medium size building.
Is there a best way to utilize these? If I pack a 4x4 grid of
small gardens into the area the size of one large garden, does
that give me 16x as much beauty as an equivalent large garden?
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down vote accepted  tl;dr Version    • All gardens have the same
range of effect regardless of size   • Large gardens are more
effective at increasing beauty than small gardens   • Four small
gardens have an identical effect to one large garden   • The
relationship is linear so 4 large gardens have the same effect
as 16 small gardens   • Gardens take effect on beauty
immediately on construction/demolition   • Beauty increase is
proportional to area covered by garden   • Larger gardens are
more cost-effective to b