Gardenscapes: Level 57 Walkthrough

Levels that have the moving water require a little bit more preplanning than plain still levels. It means that once the blocks have finished falling from your move, all of the water will move clockwise. This can take a bit of skill to picture where all the blocks will be after they fall down and then take a clockwise movement.

In the video on this page I got a bit lucky with the 2 bombs at the start, and by 0:36 I had blown up one of them and removed heaps of the chains which are blocking the bottom garden. I then just take a couple of baby steps to clear chains wherever possible, even if it is only 1 at a time. By the time I have 26 turns left at 0:54, I only have 5 chains in the bottom section below the water. This is a good benchmark for how far you will need to be.

You'll notice at 1:11 I blow up a firework even though I could have matched a water and cleared a chain. I did that because I knew that in 1 more turn the water would make the match for me. By 1:19 I've got a firework above the garden and am ready to start getting flowers. Only 23 moves left to get 20 flowers. With this first move I chose not to blow the firework, instead I matched 3 water, because I knew I'd lose the match from the explosion anyway, so why not clear another chain to the left and get closer to a flower, 2 for 1!

The rainbow blast at 1:30 lets me clear out all the green which gets rid of the other chains at the bottom.

Another automatic match from the water at about 1:57 and I've got 3 flowers. This level is really tricky, it is about here that I realise I may not make it without big moves. I use the rainbow blast on red at 2:46, even though I know it only matches 2 against the flowers.

One of the big moves is the dynamite at 3:30, it gets me up to 12/20 and much closer to a rainbow blast.

Now at about 3:47 (pause it here for a bit) the finale begins, and this is text book strategy. I can see I have 7 flowers already on the board and that is exactly what I need to finish the level, and I only have 3 moves. The only way to finish this level will be to get the rainbow blast beside a flower. I can see that if I blow the bomb then the rainbow blast will land on the water, it won't be beside a flower, but 1 move clockwise and it will be! So at 3:54 I still have 2 moves and I'm next to the flower. All done with a whole move up my sleeve!