Upload a photo of your front yard or backyard, pick a landscape style and generate a realistic AI landscape design on your own yard. Free, in the browser, with no sign-up.
Planting beds, paths, lawn shape, patios, edging and lighting are drawn onto the photo you upload, so the house, fences and trees stay where they are.
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AI landscape designThree steps from a phone photo to a concept you can show a landscaper.
Front yard from the street, backyard from the patio door. Daylight, a level camera and the whole area in frame give the AI the most to work with. JPG, PNG, WEBP and HEIC from a phone all work.
Pick modern, cottage, xeriscape, native, Mediterranean or Japanese from the list below, another garden style from the catalogue, or type your own brief such as "low-water front yard with gravel and grasses".
Drag the before/after slider, download the concept and try another style. When the direction is settled, the landscaping, mulch, gravel and sod calculators turn it into rough quantities.
Street-side photos where the AI re-planted the front yard: foundation beds, lit paths and edged lawn. Drag each slider to compare.
Before
AI landscape designA brick bungalow with two clipped hedges and a plain lawn, re-planted with layered evergreens, a lit paver path and edged front beds. Generated as a Contemporary exterior concept, so the render also updated the facade.
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Before
AI landscape designA Craftsman with a cluttered porch and a bare front path, reimagined with a boarded walkway, low path lighting, mulched borders and lawn on either side. Generated as a Farmhouse exterior concept.
Try this exampleWorking on curb appeal specifically? The AI front yard design page covers walkways, planting beds and lawn alternatives in more depth.
Backyard photos turned into planted, lit outdoor spaces with beds, paths and seating zones placed in the space that was actually there.
BeforeAI landscape designTwo lawn chairs on grass beside a stone cabin, filled in with perennial borders, a stepping-stone path and climbing greenery on the wall. Generated with the Cottage Garden style.
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Before
AI landscape designTwo Adirondack chairs on a bare slab, with clipped shrubs, ornamental grasses, low lighting, a paver edge and a lawn strip added around them. Generated with the Modern Garden style.
Try this examplePlanning patios, decks or a fire pit too? See AI backyard design.
Pick a style to open the tool with it preselected. The catalogue has 20+ garden styles in total, and you can type a custom brief instead.
Clipped evergreens, ornamental grasses, straight paths and a restrained palette.
Generate in Modern Garden style →
Loose perennial borders, stepping stones, climbers and colour through the season.
Generate in Cottage Garden style →
Gravel, boulders, succulents and drought-tolerant planting with little or no lawn.
Generate in Desert Garden style →
Naturalistic drifts of regional plants for pollinators and low maintenance.
Generate in Wild Garden style →
Terracotta, gravel, olives, lavender and shaded seating.
Generate in Mediterranean Garden style →
Stone, moss, maples, raked gravel and quiet framed views.
Generate in Japanese Garden style →Use a straight-on street photo to compare foundation planting, walkway borders, lawn alternatives and entry lighting before you buy plants.
Test where patios, gravel lounge areas, garden beds, privacy screens and fire pit corners should sit before estimating materials.
Once the concept looks right, use the landscaping, lawn, patio, gravel, mulch and paver calculators to estimate the project scope.
“AI landscape design” covers very different products: instant photo generators, catalogue apps you arrange yourself, human design services and 3D planners. This is what each one gives you, so you can pick by the result you need rather than the label.
| Tool | How it works | Free to try | Yard from a photo | What you get | Pricing model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HomeGPT | Photo-based AI generator: upload a yard photo, pick a style and get a rendered concept of that yard. | Free to use, no account to start | Yes, front yard and backyard | Rendered before/after concept to download and share | Free tier; optional paid plans |
| Yardzen | Online landscape design service: you submit photos and a questionnaire and a design team returns a plan. | No free design shown; sold as design packages | Uses your photos as input, but the plan is produced by designers over days or weeks rather than generated on the spot | Rendered plan and planting list, with contractor matching offered | Paid design packages |
| iScape | Landscape design app: place plants, pavers and features from a catalogue onto a photo of your yard. | Free version with limited items; subscription unlocks more | Yes, but you arrange the elements yourself | Composited 2D or augmented-reality mock-up | Free tier; subscription |
| Planting planners (PlantIn, Gardenary-style tools) | Plant identification, care schedules and bed-by-bed planting plans rather than a picture of the whole yard. | Free tiers vary by app | Identify plants from a photo; they do not redesign the yard | Plant lists, calendars and bed layouts | Free tier; subscription (varies by app) |
| Planner 5D | 2D and 3D modelling: draw the plot and place objects from a catalogue. | Free tier with limits | No, you rebuild the space as a model | Measured, editable 2D/3D plan and renders | Free tier; subscription |
Best for: Testing directions on your own yard before you spend anything
Best for: A full professional plan when you are ready to build
Best for: Hands-on placement of specific plants and products
Best for: Choosing and scheduling plants once the layout is settled
Best for: Exact dimensions and an editable plan
Competitor details are summarised in words from each provider's public pages and change often, so check the provider directly for current pricing, free allowances and app availability. HomeGPT publishes this comparison; its row describes the tool on this site. For a wider roundup that includes interior and whole-home apps, see the best AI home design apps comparison.
Everything for this project in one place: preview it with AI, estimate the materials, then read what it costs.
Preview the idea on a photo of your own home.
Turn the concept into material quantities.
Real 2026 price ranges and ideas.
Upload a front yard or backyard photo, choose a style and preview planting beds, paths, patios, lawns and hardscaping on your own yard before you price the project.
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