Free Backyard design software

Great Landscaping Makes a Great Home!

The secret to great landscaping is to combine good planning and design before you begin. Whether you have a new home or an existing landscape, you'll find valuable resources to create a well-planned outdoor living space with our deck and landscaping software tools.

Patio & Deck Software Tools

Design your new deck or patio with the deck designer tools. Automatically generate a materials list or create cut and buy lists. Choose options for deck roofs, foundations, framing, deck planking and railing styles.

Terrain & Site Planning Tools

Create flat, sloped or irregularly shaped lots. Define the lot shape, elevation and contours with powerful terrain modeling tools. Show your lot setback requirements, roads and sidewalks for neighbors or building professionals.

Outdoor Kitchens

Outdoor kitchens are one of the most popular trends today and creating yours can be easy. Choose from name-brand appliances and furnishings from the architectural 3D Library to create realistic outdoor living areas.

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Create Beautiful Landscapes

Create the landscape you have been dreaming of. Plan and design your outdoor living space with terrain features, gardens, and plants that allow quick and easy customization so you can visualize your finished yard in 3D.

Over 3, 600 Landscaping Plants

Choose from over 3, 600 botanically accurate flowers, trees and shrubs - from tropical to desert. Use the Plant Chooser for detailed plant information including hardiness and growth. Use Pre-Arranged landscaping beds from the 3D Library to quickly add visual appeal to your designs.

Pools, Ponds & Pathways

Create gardens, pathways, hills, valleys and ponds for the perfect landscape. Driveways and sidewalks will automatically follow your terrain contours. Insert water features with Stream and Pond tools. With landscaping, use the Grow Plants slider feature to see future plant growth.

Import Photos for Landscaping

Import a photo into the program and use it as a backdrop for your landscape or deck project. Remodeling your home and want to see your new view out your window? Take a picture and visualize your changes before you remodel.

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Landscaping Tips

Though your home is your castle, there is no necessity to surround it with a moat. Here are 5 tips that will help you to make your landscaping feel more warm, welcoming and cozy.

1. Put some flowers nearby your entrance. Flowers make any area look more welcoming and attractive, so greeting your guests with Petunia, Snapdragon, Lily-of-the-Nile or some other garden flowers is always a great thing to do. What is more, to add some space between your house and the entrance, you can consider adding a little white fence. It will create an illusion that your front yard is bigger than it actually is. What is more, adding fence will create a great space for planting flowers to add some color and coziness.

2. Add rambling vines to make your yard look absolutely lovely. You can not deny that rambling vines always create romantic and even magical atmosphere. So why not to use this tip while decorating your yard?

3. To hide the unattractive driveway, consider adding some color, texture, and height. You can easily do it by adding various sorts of flowers. To start, create an island of green lawn right in the hub of a drive. Then add a couple of low boxwood hedges with flowers toward the back of your island.

4. If you want your yard to blossom and flourish bust still do not have enough time to maintain it, consider planting low-fuss lilies. Such flowers look absolutely gorgeous and come in the variety of rainbow hues, so you can pick the one you love most. What is more, low-fuss lilies do not care about the sort of soil, they love the sun and welcome hot, they do not afraid of drought. In other words, Crinums is an ideal flower for all those who are looking for low-maintenance solutions.

5. The last tip also touches the low-maintenance aspect. To make your life easier, group plantings into beds and islands. This will help you to avoid mowing and trimming around each individual plant, save a lot of time and even money.