Free
$0
with your email
- 3 looks on your own photo
- Plant list for your zone
- Materials with rough quantities
- Budget range
- A plunge pool in your yard
- Free installed quote from a local pro
Your backyard, designed.
See your own yard redesigned from one photo, free. When you're ready, a landscape designer draws the full plan and a local pro we trust builds it.
Snap your yard. See it finished.
Stand at the back door and take one wide photo. Pick a look, tell us what matters (dogs, shade, privacy, a fire pit) and in about 30 seconds you'll see your own yard redesigned.
- Take one photoFrom your phone. No tape measure, no address.
- Pick a look15 for the backyard, 3 for the front.
- Get the planPlants for your zone, materials with quantities and a budget range to take to a contractor.
BeforeAfterA real new-build backyard, redesigned as Luxury retreat. Drag to compare.
DayNightSee it after dark
Path lights, uplights on the trees, string lights over the table and the fire going, rendered on your own photo at blue hour.
- Night viewsLights on, fire lit
- 40 more looksEvery style, on your photo
- Site plansLighting, planting, watering
- Contractor briefA PDF to get bids
Part of the $49 design package
Front yards, too
Take the photo from the street and pick a look. Most front yards just need better planting along the house and a nicer walk to the door.
BeforeAfterA real new build, redesigned as Modern curb appeal.
Start from a look
Inspiration photos. Your design is drawn on your own yard. Your first 3 looks are free.
BeforeAfterA plunge pool for a small yard
Precast plunge pools are cast in concrete in a factory and craned in, often in a single day. Drop one into your own photo, see the deck and planting around it, then get an installed price from a local pro.
Shell list prices; delivery, crane and install are quoted by the installer.
A real designer. A builder you can trust.
The free design gets you started. When you want the full plan, a landscape designer models your actual home and yard in 3D and draws the measured plans. Want it built? We hand your design to an installer we trust in your area.
- Free 20-minute design call. Your yard, your budget and what to build first.
- Drawn by a person. Renders by day and night, planting and materials plans.
- Anywhere in the US. We connect you with a vetted local pro.
Pricing
Design package
$49
one time, for your yard
- 40 more looks on your photo
- Night renders with the lights on
- The design sketched from above
- Lighting, planting and watering site plans, drawn from above
- 10 revisions in your own words
- Contractor brief PDF for bids
- Full-size downloads
A landscape designer charges $1,500–5,000 for a concept like this. Counts toward Pro if you upgrade.
Pro, with a real designer
$995
$795 at launch with code PRO200
- Everything in the design package
- A 3D model of your actual home and yard
- A video walkthrough of the finished design
- Photoreal renders, by day and at night
- Measured planting plan, with counts and pot sizes
- Measured materials plan, with square footage
- Lighting placed and shown after dark
- One revision round with your designer
Love it, or your money back. Delivered in 5–7 days. Each Pro design is drawn by a person, so we take 10 a week.
Yardzen charges $1,995 for a backyard design with night renders and revisions. Our Pro design is $795 at launch, and you can start free. See the side-by-side
Rather build the furniture yourself? Designer outdoor furniture plans, one Home Depot list, a 3D build guide.
Browse DIY plansQuestions
Something else? Write to hello@outdoorliving.com.
How does it work?
You upload one photo of your backyard or front yard and pick a look. The designer redesigns the yard right on your photo, keeping your house, fence and big trees where they are, in about 30 seconds. Then you see plants that grow in your USDA zone, the materials with rough quantities, and what it typically costs to build.
Is this a construction plan?
No. It's a design concept with honest estimates, the stage a landscape designer charges for first. Quantities are judged from one photo (the fence, doors and windows give the scale), so measure on site and get bids before anyone digs. The contractor brief in the package is made for exactly that.
What kind of photo works best?
Daylight, phone held level, standing at the back door (or at the street for a front yard) with the whole yard in one wide shot. If it won't all fit, stand in a corner and switch your phone to the 0.5× wide lens. Get the fence line and the ground in the frame. A plain yard works great; that's the point.
Can I do my front and backyard?
Yes. Start with whichever yard matters most: front and back are designed one at a time, each from its own photo. Pro can cover the whole home at one price.
My yard is small. Will it work?
Small yards are where this shines: the design is scaled to the space you actually have, and you can drop a precast plunge pool into it to see if it fits before you call anyone.
What's a precast plunge pool?
A small pool cast in concrete in a factory, delivered on a truck and craned into place, usually in a day. Four sizes, from a small 12′ × 7′ to a large 20′ × 10′, plus an 11′5″ round. You can try any of them in your own yard here, and get an installed price from a local pro.
How do you know which plants grow where I live?
Your ZIP code gives your USDA hardiness zone and region, and the plant list is picked for that zone, your sun and the look you chose, sticking to tough plants you can find at a big garden center.
Do you keep my photo?
Your photo and designs are private: they're stored for your design page, and only people with your link can see them. We never sell them or post them.
What if the design looks wrong?
Try the look again or pick another; each try is a fresh take. If one fails to come through, it doesn't count. With the package you can also ask for changes in your own words.
Who builds it?
You choose. Take the contractor brief to anyone you like, or we connect you with a vetted local pro in your area who bids from your design. Pools and big hardscape are pro jobs; we only pass your details on when you ask.
I'm a landscaper or designer. Can I use this with clients?
Yes. Snap the client's yard on the first visit and show them three looks before you leave. Write to hello@outdoorliving.com about pro accounts.
