Real yard photos
Start with your own property photo so designs fit the space you actually have.
Photorealistic AI landscape planning
Design your yard from a real photo.
Explore front yard, backyard, garden, patio, privacy, family-friendly, and high-level watering ideas before spending money on plants, materials, or contractors.
Built for practical decisions
Not just a pretty picture.
Zone-smart planting
Use ZIP-code climate context, mature plant size, sun, water, color, and maintenance guidance.
Family-ready plans
Plan around playsets, trampolines, pets, seating, privacy, shade, slope, and hardscape constraints.
Watering notes
Add rough sprinkler and drip areas as quote starters without pretending to replace a local irrigation designer.
Contractor-ready exports
Save designs, planning notes, budget phases, and quote questions for real-world next steps.
Design flow
From yard photo to a plan you can discuss.
Upload a real yard photo
Choose the exact front yard, backyard, patio, slope, or garden area you want to explore.
Mark what can change
Protect the house, driveway, trees, play areas, or hardscape you want the AI to respect.
Add specific instructions
Ask for privacy, low maintenance, kid-friendly space, pet-safe planting, more color, or cold-hardy replacements.
Review the design logic
Compare the visual idea with climate fit, mature plant size, drainage, shade, family use, high-level watering notes, and contractor questions.
Save and share next steps
Keep projects organized, revise weak spots, and export planning notes when you are ready to talk through the work.
Transparent design balance
Start free, upgrade when the plan is worth saving.
Free previews let homeowners try the flow first. Paid options unlock clean exports, more iterations, contractor planning packets, and clear design-balance details.
Project Pass
$14.99
Try one project without starting a subscription.
25 AI designs included
Plus Monthly
$9.99/mo
Best for a homeowner planning one yard.
50 AI designs per month
Plus Annual
$59.99/yr
Lowest planned cost per design for seasonal projects.
50 AI designs per month
Pro Monthly
$24.99/mo
For multiple properties, client concepts, or heavy iteration.
400 AI designs per month
Final App Store prices and availability may vary by region. Your design balance is intended to change only after a usable design or revision is produced.
Common questions
Clear answers before you upload a photo.
YardGuardian is being built around the issues homeowners complain about most: photo ownership, confusing design limits, unrealistic plants, and designs that look good but do not work in the real yard.
Do I keep ownership of my yard photos?
Yes. Your uploaded yard photos stay yours. YardGuardian uses selected photos to create design previews, saved projects, exports, planning notes, and support troubleshooting when requested.
Are designs guaranteed to be buildable?
No AI design should be treated as a final construction plan. YardGuardian gives practical planning ideas, then reminds users to verify measurements, drainage, grading, utilities, codes, HOA rules, and contractor details before installing anything.
How does YardGuardian handle plant accuracy?
The app uses ZIP-code climate context, hardiness zones, mature plant size, sun, water, color, and maintenance notes to reduce unrealistic suggestions like tropical plants in cold northern yards or shrubs sized far beyond their real growth.
When does my design balance change?
Your design balance is intended to change only after a usable design or revision is produced. The paywall explains free previews, paid plans, monthly balance refreshes, and one-time starter packs before purchase.
Can I give specific design instructions?
Yes. Users can request goals like more privacy, kid-friendly space, keeping a driveway, removing palms, adding cold-hardy shrubs, working around slopes, or revising a generated concept.
Does YardGuardian create sprinkler installation plans?
No. YardGuardian can include high-level sprinkler and drip notes for quote discussions, but final installation choices, local requirements, and digging details should be handled by a qualified local irrigation professional.
Can this replace a landscaper or contractor?
No. YardGuardian is a planning and visualization tool. It can help you compare ideas and prepare better questions, but installation decisions should still be reviewed with qualified professionals.
Launch readiness
Built for real homeowner decisions.
YardGuardian includes privacy, terms, support, photo ownership language, design-balance reminders, and professional-review disclaimers for practical landscape planning.
Privacy policy and terms
Photo ownership language
Clear design-balance and subscription reminders
Support path for design, image, and purchase issues