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Define your space and terrain
Select your square footage and tell us what the yard looks like right now. We instantly calculate the baseline costs for prep work, grading, and demolition.
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Stop guessing and prevent sticker shock. Enter your yard size, desired features, and current terrain state to get an instant, realistic budget for your outdoor renovation. Free, instant, and no signup required.
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See the budget before the first shovel hits the yard.
Choose the yard size, current condition, project scope, and local market to generate a realistic landscaping estimate.
You have your landscaping budget.Now, what will the yard actually look like?
Knowing you can afford a new patio and privacy hedges is empowering. But pouring concrete and planting trees in the wrong layout is a permanent, expensive nightmare to fix.
Upload a photo of your current dirt patch or overgrown lawn, and see your exact backyard oasis—new hardscaping, lush plants, and landscape lighting—rendered in your actual space before you rent a dumpster or hire a crew.
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Why outdoor renovations always seem to break the budget.
Most homeowners severely underestimate the cost of landscaping because they only think about the fun parts: the plants, the grass, and the patio furniture.
What they forget is the "invisible" work. If your yard requires Heavy Demolition, you are paying for skid steers and labor before a single flower is planted. Furthermore, mixing softscaping with Hardscaping drastically shifts the budget due to the intense labor required to level the ground.
Our landscaping cost calculator takes the guesswork out of the dirt. By factoring in your yard's current state and your regional labor rates, it gives you a realistic baseline so you can negotiate confidently with landscaping contractors.
Three inputs.One realistic yard budget.
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Add your dream features
Check off what you want included—from basic sod to premium hardscaping and water features. We apply different cost tiers based on the complexity of the materials.
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Preview your landscaped space + get your regional estimate
Adjust for your local labor rates and instantly see your realistic cost range, split between materials and professional installation.
Honest estimates for demolition and clearing
Planting grass is cheap; removing old concrete and dead tree stumps is not.
By asking for your Current State, our calculator dynamically adds the necessary equipment rental and disposal fees that standard calculators ignore, protecting you from hidden contractor fees.
Existing yard
Smart scaling for hardscaping vs. softscaping
A 1000-square-foot lawn costs a fraction of a 1000-square-foot paver patio. By selecting your specific Features Included, our tool accurately weighs the low cost of plants against the high material and labor costs of stone, lighting, and irrigation.
See the final curb appeal before you dig
It is hard to visualize how much space a new patio will actually take up in your yard.
Upload a photo of your exterior, and our AI will render different landscape designs into your property realistically. Test out paver styles, fence lines, and garden layouts before you break ground.
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The landscaping render is just the start. Here's what's included in your free account:
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Common questions, answered
Softscaping refers to the living elements of a landscape, such as grass, trees, soil, and flowers. Hardscaping refers to the non-living, structural elements, such as concrete patios, stone walkways, retaining walls, and wooden decks. Hardscaping is significantly more expensive due to material costs and intensive labor.
Clearing a heavily overgrown yard or tearing up old concrete requires heavy machinery (like excavators or skid steers), specialized operators, and commercial dumpster disposal fees. It is highly labor-intensive work that happens before the actual "landscaping" even begins.
No, this calculator provides an estimate for the initial installation and renovation of your yard. Ongoing costs like weekly lawn care, seasonal mulching, and irrigation winterization are separate.
Homeowner Associations (HOAs) often require detailed plans before you can alter your front yard or install hardscaping. An AI-generated photorealistic render shows the architectural review board exactly what the finished project will look like, drastically speeding up your approval process.
Outdoor renovations involve heavy earth-moving, permanent hardscaping, and dictate your home's entire curb appeal. The AI render allows you to visually test out different patio layouts, plant combinations, and exterior lighting in your exact yard before you pay for heavy demolition, pour permanent concrete, or commit thousands of dollars to a design you aren't completely in love with.
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