AI landscape and garden design from a photo
Upload a photo of your backyard, front yard or patio and see it redesigned as a Japanese zen garden, an English cottage garden, a modern outdoor room or a low-water xeriscape. A quick way to find a direction for the yard before you spend on plants and stone.
5 free designs every 30 days · sign in with Google
Photograph the yard
Stand where you would normally look at it — the back door, the deck — and include the edges: fences, paths, the house wall.
Choose a landscape style
20 styles, from formal and Mediterranean to prairie, desert and a Feng Shui garden.
Use it as the brief
Compare a few directions, then plan planting, hardscape and lighting around the one that fits how you use the space.
Find the direction before the details
Most yards stall at the blank-page stage: lawn, a fence, and no clear idea of what it should become. Seeing your own yard as three or four very different gardens settles the big questions first — more lawn or more planting, a patio or a path, formal or loose — before you get into plant lists.
Design the yard around how you use it
Before choosing a style, decide what the yard is for. Somewhere to eat outside needs a level, hard surface near the kitchen door. Children and dogs need open lawn. A quiet corner needs enclosure — planting, a screen or a pergola. A render that looks beautiful but puts the patio in the wrong place will not get used.
Then think about maintenance honestly. A formal garden or an English cottage border needs regular care through the season. Xeriscape and prairie styles use drought-tolerant plants and gravel or grasses, and need far less watering once established. Trying both on your own yard shows you the trade-off before you plant.
What the render can’t tell you
A render shows the look, not whether the plants will survive your soil, sun and winter. Light, drainage and hardiness zone decide what actually grows. In Ontario, that matters: a design that suits a Mediterranean garden needs hardy substitutes here. That is the part a landscape designer adds.
Landscape styles, rendered by iDecor
Turn the render into a planting plan
A landscape designer visits your yard in the GTA, assesses light, soil and drainage, and gives you a layout and a plant list for your zone — $199 CAD, fixed price.
See garden & patio designQuestions, answered
Can it design around a pool?+
Yes — choose Pool Area as the space type and the design is built around the pool, with decking, planting and seating.
Is a xeriscape or prairie garden realistic in Ontario?+
Yes, with hardy, drought-tolerant plants chosen for your zone. They need far less watering once established, which is why they are popular for front yards. A landscape designer can pick plants that will survive the winter.
Does it give me a plant list?+
No — it shows a visual design. For plants that suit your yard’s light, soil and hardiness zone, book a garden & patio design consultation.
Does it work for front yards and patios?+
Yes — backyard, front yard, patio, garden, pool area, terrace, courtyard, rooftop, balcony, park. Include the house wall or fence in the photo so the design has context.
Is it free?+
Your first 5 designs are free every 30 days — sign in with Google and upload a photo. Free renders carry a small iDecor watermark. Paid plans start at $5 and remove the watermark.