Free garden and landscaping tools

Calculators, a style quiz, a hardiness zone finder and AI feedback from a photo of your own yard. Everything here runs without an account. The only paid thing on this site is the photorealistic redesign generator, and even that starts with three free designs.

Planning and materials

Landscape designer's mood board with garden photos in several styles, plant cuttings and a sketched plan

Garden Style Quiz

Free garden style quiz. Eight quick questions, no signup, and you get your landscape style out of 15 (modern, cottage, japanese, mediterranean and more) with what to plant and build.

Perennial border with ornamental grasses and coneflowers under light frost on a cold spring morning

Hardiness Zone Finder

Find your USDA plant hardiness zone by ZIP code, from the 2023 map. Zone, winter low, growing season, and what actually grows there. Free, no signup.

Freshly mulched bed with dark hardwood mulch around boxwood and hydrangea, wheelbarrow and rake beside it

Mulch Calculator

Free mulch calculator. Enter your bed size and depth, get cubic yards, bag count and a 2026 price for mulch, topsoil, compost, gravel or rock. No signup.

Aerial view of a raised bed with young shrubs planted on an even grid, tape measure along the edge

Plant Spacing Calculator

Free plant spacing calculator. Enter bed size and spacing, or pick a plant, and get the plant count, rows and a planting diagram. Square or staggered. No signup.

Concrete pavers being laid on a screeded sand bed over a compacted gravel base, mallet and stacked pavers

Paver Calculator

Paver calculator: enter patio size and paver size to get pavers with waste, base gravel and sand in tons, joint sand, edging and 2026 cost. Free.

New cedar privacy fence under construction with posts, rails and boards, stacked lumber on the lawn

Fence Calculator

Fence calculator: enter length, style and post spacing to get posts, rails, pickets, concrete bags and screws, plus 2026 materials cost. Free.

Rolls of fresh sod being laid on prepared soil, half the yard already green

Grass Seed Calculator

Grass seed calculator: enter lawn size and grass type to get pounds of seed for a new lawn or overseeding, with rates per 1,000 sq ft and 2026 cost.

Backyard wood deck under construction with decking boards laid over joists, drill and screws on the boards

Deck Calculator

Deck calculator: enter deck size and decking to get boards with waste, joists, beams, posts, footings and screws, plus 2026 materials cost. Free.

Garden bed under a large tree with hostas and ferns in the shade and lavender in the sunny half

Sunlight Exposure Calculator

Free garden sunlight calculator. Enter hours of direct sun, the direction the bed faces and any canopy, get the exposure category and plants that fit it.

Perennial border planted in a purple, blue and white color scheme with salvia, catmint, alliums and white roses

Garden Color Palette Generator

Free garden color palette generator. Pick a scheme, filter by season, get five swatches and a plant list with bloom time, height and sun needs. No signup.

Diagram of a lawn split into two rectangles, with sod rolls and a pallet showing how the square footage converts to rolls and pallets

Sod Calculator

Sod calculator: add one or more lawn areas, set waste and roll size, and get rolls, pallets and cost. Editable pallet size and price. Free, no signup.

Cross-section diagram of a block retaining wall showing the buried first course, compacted gravel base, drainage stone and perforated pipe behind the wall, and cap blocks on top

Retaining Wall Calculator

Retaining wall calculator: enter length, height and block size to get wall blocks, caps, base and drainage gravel in tons, and a rough cost. Free.

Diagram of a rock bed showing length, width and depth, converting to cubic yards and tons, with samples of pea gravel, river rock, crushed stone and lava rock

Landscape Rock Calculator

Landscape rock calculator for pea gravel, river rock, crushed stone, lava rock and DG. Get cubic yards, tons and bags from area and depth. Free.

Diagram of a raised garden bed with length, width and soil depth marked, and the soil split into layers of topsoil, compost and perlite

Raised Bed Soil Calculator

Raised bed soil calculator: enter bed size, depth and number of beds to get cubic feet, cubic yards and bags of topsoil, compost and more. Free.

Diagram of a layer of topsoil over a yard with area and depth marked, converting square feet and inches into cubic yards and tons

Topsoil Calculator

Topsoil calculator: enter area and depth to get cubic yards, tons and 40 lb or 1 cu ft bags, with an allowance for settling. Free, no signup.

Garden leaves edged with white frost crystals on a cold spring morning

Last Frost Date by ZIP

Enter your ZIP code to see the typical last spring frost and first fall frost for your USDA zone, your growing season length and when to plant tender crops.

Hands holding a pile of granular lawn fertilizer pellets

Lawn Fertilizer Calculator

Lawn fertilizer calculator: enter your lawn size and the N-P-K numbers on the bag to get pounds of fertilizer, bags needed and nutrients applied. Free.

Cost calculators

Landscaping Cost Calculator

Whole-yard budget by project type, size and finish level, with 2026 installed prices.

Patio Cost Calculator

Installed price range by material and size, with fire pit, pergola and lighting add-ons.

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