No — and this is the #1 thing we get right that many other tools get wrong. Every design mode has strict structural preservation built into the AI instructions: your roof, siding color, windows, doors, garage, and ALL architectural details stay pixel-perfect identical to your photo. Only the landscaping, plants, and outdoor living areas change.

AI landscape design uses artificial intelligence to transform a real photo of your outdoor space into a photorealistic landscape visualization. Upload a photo, choose your design mode and style, select features — and the AI renders your yard transformed in about 30 seconds. It respects your existing terrain, structures, and lighting conditions to produce realistic, achievable designs you can show to a landscaper.

Yes — we have 10 specialized design modes for different spaces and situations. "Backyard Makeover AI" for full outdoor living transformations. "Front Yard & Curb Appeal" for street-facing designs. "Small Yard & Balcony" for compact spaces and apartments. "Sloped & Hillside Yard" specifically for terraced or sloped properties. Each mode is optimized for its space type.

Yes — use the "Sloped & Hillside Yard" mode. It's designed specifically for terraced properties, hillside gardens, and sloped backyards. The AI respects the terrain grade visible in your photo (never flattening it) and designs terracing solutions, retaining walls, steps, and slope-appropriate planting that works with your natural grade rather than against it.

Yes — use the "Pool & Spa Design" mode. Choose pool type (in-ground, infinity edge, plunge pool, lap pool), shape, water color, coping material, deck surface, and surrounding landscaping. The AI places the pool at the correct terrain grade for your actual yard — it will not float above the ground or look impossibly placed.

The "Small Yard & Balcony" mode (1 credit) is designed specifically for compact spaces — small urban backyards, apartment balconies, narrow side passages, and tiny courtyards. It uses vertical wall space with living walls and climbing plants, selects compact-scale furniture, and chooses container-appropriate plants sized to the space.

Our instruction templates include specific height directives for every plant type — shrubs at 0.5–1.5m, ornamental grasses at 0.6–1.2m, small trees at 2–4m, large trees at 5m+. This means the AI generates plants at realistic, believable sizes rather than the oversized shrubs or toy-tiny trees that are common complaints with other AI landscape tools.

Yes — use the "Seasonal Transformation" mode to visualize peak spring bloom, lush summer, golden autumn, or winter. The AI adjusts plant foliage, ground conditions, sky color, and light quality to make the season unmistakably recognizable. Great for planning year-round interest and seeing how a design performs across all four seasons before committing.

Best practice: (1) Use a clear, well-lit daytime photo showing the full outdoor area including any boundaries and the house wall. (2) Choose the design mode that matches your goal. (3) Be specific in your style and feature selections. (4) Include existing structures — fences, walls, paths — in frame so the AI preserves them. Minimum 1024×768 pixels for sharp, detailed output.

That's exactly what it's designed for. Every design mode targets "magazine-quality professional photography" and "contractor design brief" quality. Our photorealism directives specify DSLR-quality output with accurate material textures, correct plant scale, and realistic lighting. Thousands of users have shared their AI designs with landscapers to get quotes and communicate design intent.

Yes — the "Drought-Resistant Xeriscape" mode includes a climate zone selector (hot desert, mediterranean, semi-arid, coastal dry) and uses named drought-tolerant species like agave, palo verde, lavender, manzanita, california poppies, and stipa grasses — correctly sized and spaced for each climate. The AI is instructed to make planting look appropriate for the selected climate, not like a lush wet garden in a desert setting.