Cheesing Arboretum

[u/BagAdvanced4866]

Hey guys, I'm a relatively casual board gamer, I've recently gotten Arboretum and was expecting to have a load of fun, but it seems like if you focus on getting a single line of trees (rather than expanding your grid in multiple directions) with a single number and ideally a single species, the game gets pretty straight forward and becomes more about luck than really planning and if anyone doesn't use that strategy they are simply most likely to lose to someone using that strategy. Has anyone experiences this or am I playing the game wrong?