Patio Design Tool

Upload a photo of your patio, or the spot where one should go, and AI designs it: pavers, furniture, pergola, lighting. Free to try.

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Patio Design Tool — Contemporary compact brick suburban backyard featuring a brick two-story house with wood pergola, dark grey concrete planters with ornamental grasses and agave, festoon string lights, modern light wood and metal bench, dark grey paver patio, glowing path lights, and a gravel border.
Mediterranean compact backyard featuring a beige two-story house, terracotta pots with olive trees and lavender, beige stone paver patio, manicured boxwood hedges, gravel borders, ornamental grasses, and a wood pergola.Modern side yard featuring an ornate Victorian house, slate paver patio, light wood lounge chairs with green cushions, light wood coffee table, hanging glass lanterns, modern bistro set, dwarf ornamental grass planters, lavender beds, and trimmed boxwood hedges along the foundation.Brick paver patio featuring a covered outdoor kitchen with grill, black spiral staircase to an upper deck, dining nook, and terracotta planters with flowers.

Most patio design tools are drag-and-drop planners: you place furniture icons on a grid and squint at the result, trying to imagine it as your actual patio. This one works from a photo. Upload your patio as it is today, bare concrete, cracked pavers, or a decent patio that just feels unfinished, and the AI redesigns it in place: new surface, furniture that fits the actual dimensions, a pergola if the space carries it, planting at the edges, lighting for the evening. Photorealistic, on your real patio, in about a minute.

What the tool designs

The surface

pavers, flagstone, brick, stamped concrete, or gravel, replacing whatever is there now.

Furniture

dining sets, loungers, sectionals, and fire tables scaled to the space in the photo.

Overhead

pergolas, shade sails, string lights, and umbrellas where the proportions support them.

Edges

planters, borders, hedges, and pots that connect the patio to the rest of the yard.

Mood

daytime entertaining, cozy evening with warm lighting, or minimalist and low-maintenance.

Patio Design Tool — Brick paver patio featuring a modern lounge sofa with cushions, wooden coffee table, geometric planters, basketball hoop, and warm string lights overhead.

Bare concrete to finished patio

The most common starting photo we see is a plain concrete slab: builder-grade, structurally fine, visually dead. It's also the highest-leverage redesign, because the slab usually stays. A resurface or overlay, furniture, a pergola, and edge planting transform it for a fraction of a full rebuild, and the render shows exactly which of those moves does the work. Generate a few directions on your slab photo and you'll know whether you need a new surface or just better furniture and lighting.

How to use it, in three steps

Photograph the patio

or the spot where one should go, from the door you would step out of. Daylight, phone camera, the mess can stay.

Pick a direction

a style plus anything specific: cover it with a pergola, replace the slab with pavers, make it work at night. Generate; the design lands in about a minute.

Compare versions side by side

the pergola version against the umbrella version, pavers against gravel. Download the winner and use it as the shopping list.

Patio Design Tool — Inviting patio at twilight featuring a wooden pergola wrapped in warm string lights, outdoor dining set, lounge chairs, brick wall, glow ball lamp, and white cabana.
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Photorealistic results in 2 minutes.

Patio design software vs a photo tool

Dedicated patio design software (2D planners, CAD-style tools) earns its keep when you need construction drawings: exact paver counts, cut lines, base depths. But most homeowners are not there yet, they are deciding what the patio should look like. For that phase, modeling your yard in software is hours of setup to answer a question a photo answers in a minute. Use the photo tool to settle the design, then let your installer produce the technical layout from it.

Real redesigns from the gallery

Browse 50+ AI redesigns of real outdoor spaces in our gallery.

Compact cozy patio nook featuring a wicker lounge chair, small wooden coffee table, large aloe in a galvanized planter, terracotta pots, hanging lanterns, and string lights.Mediterranean patio at dusk featuring a yellow stone facade, dark slate paving, wooden bench, terracotta pots, ornamental grasses, lavender, and warm wall-mounted lanterns.Sheltered cozy patio featuring a wooden pergola with string lights, brown wicker sofas with cushions, wooden coffee table, hanging lanterns, and terracotta planters.Inviting patio at twilight featuring a wooden pergola wrapped in warm string lights, outdoor dining set, lounge chairs, brick wall, glow ball lamp, and white cabana.Modern patio nook featuring brick edging, raised flower bed with lavender and hydrangeas, wicker armchair, geometric paving, ornamental grasses, and wooden privacy fence.Modern patio under a black metal pergola featuring travertine paving, modern sectional sofa, low wooden coffee table, lush hydrangea and tropical plant border, and palm trees.Resort-style tropical patio featuring stone paving, tan armchairs with cushions, small woven side table with lantern, lush banana plants, palms, and red bromeliads.Compact cozy patio nook featuring a wicker loveseat with cushions, dark grey planters with topiaries, lavender and white daisies, warm string lights, and lawn beyond.Mediterranean patio featuring red brick pavers, dark metal dining set with cushions, wooden pergola over an outdoor kitchen with grill, and terracotta-colored stucco walls.Brick paver patio featuring a wooden pergola over an outdoor kitchen with grill, dining nook with two adirondack chairs, black spiral staircase, and terracotta pots.Mediterranean patio featuring a stone-edged raised plant bed with banana plant, dracaena, olive trees, terracotta planters, lounge sofa, and chain-link fence.Lush cottage paver patio featuring a cream parasol, wicker sectional, hanging egg chair, dining set, white shed, hot tub, terracotta planters with lavender, white hydrangeas, and a stone fountain in the distance.
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Ready to redesign your space?

Photo to photorealistic redesign in 2 minutes. 15+ styles to try.

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Styles to try on your photo

Every style works on any space. Tap one to see real examples, palette and plants.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the AI garden design tool actually free?

Genuinely free to start: every free account gets 5 photorealistic preview designs (watermarked, preview resolution), no credit card, and the design advice tool needs no signup at all. Paid plans, from $19/month (yearly) for 250 designs/month, remove the watermark and the cap.

How does it work?

Upload a photo of your outdoor space, pick a style (Modern, Japanese, Mediterranean, etc.) or describe one in words, and choose any additions you want (pool, firepit, pergola, lighting). The AI returns a photorealistic redesign in 1-2 minutes. You can iterate as many times as you want.

Does it work on a patio that doesn't exist yet?

Yes. Photograph the spot where the patio should go, lawn, dirt, or gravel, and describe what you want. The AI designs the patio into the space. For fully empty yards, the Empty Backyard tool in the Create menu is built for exactly this.

Can it design around a patio's fixed features?

Yes. The AI preserves structural elements it detects in the photo, house walls, steps, level changes, established trees, and designs around them rather than deleting them. That's what keeps the result buildable rather than fantasy.

How realistic are the AI designs?

Photorealistic. The AI preserves your space's structure (house, fence, hardscape, existing trees) and intelligently swaps in new landscaping, materials, furniture, and features in the chosen style. Most users can't tell our renders from real photos at first glance.

What kind of photo should I upload?

A daytime photo of your outdoor space taken from a comfortable standing height usually works best. The AI handles tricky angles, partial views, and even messy or empty spaces, but a clean, well-lit photo gives the best result. JPEG or PNG up to 12 MB.

Can I download the design?

Yes, every design is downloadable as a full-resolution JPG (1024×1024). You can save it to your phone, share it on social media, send it to a contractor, or print it for reference when you're at the garden center.

Can I use the designs commercially?

The Pro plan ($69/mo yearly, $99/mo monthly) includes a full commercial license, landscape designers, real estate agents, and contractors use it to show clients renders before they commit. The Personal plan is for individual non-commercial use.

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