Garden redesign examples, before and after
Every image here started as a real garden photo and was redesigned by an AI image model in one style. Drag the slider to compare. The caption lists the plants we asked for; the picture is an impression of them, not a planting plan.
We rejected renders that moved a fence, a building or the camera. Read how the examples were made.
Back gardens
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: lady's mantle, Dutch garlic 'Purple Sensation', Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert', wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve', cranesbill [Rozanne], hydrangea 'Annabelle'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster', Mexican orange blossom, male fern, barrenwort 'Sulphureum', Mexican fleabane, escallonia 'Apple Blossom'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: eulalia 'Morning Light', mondo grass 'Kokuryu', Chinese fountain grass 'Hameln', Balkan clary 'Caradonna', golden oats, Mexican feather grass. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: bleeding heart, English lavender 'Hidcote', peony 'Sarah Bernhardt', penstemon 'Andenken an Friedrich Hahn', rose [Gertrude Jekyll], coneflower 'Goldsturm'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: purple-flowered rock rose, Mexican fleabane, wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve', rock rose 'Wisley Primrose', English lavender 'Hidcote', Jerusalem sage. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: purple top, purple coneflower, Mediterranean spurge, , Macedonian scabious, red bistort. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Balkan clary 'Caradonna', purple top, common yarrow, common columbine, greater masterwort, peach-leaved bellflower. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: spindle 'Emerald Gaiety', cranesbill [Rozanne], Rakai hebe, panicled hydrangea 'Limelight', big blue lilyturf, Burkwood osmanthus. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert', hart's tongue fern, Siberian bugloss 'Jack Frost', Japanese sedge 'Evergold', Mexican orange blossom, male fern. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: soft shield fern, shrubby cinquefoil 'Abbotswood', coneflower 'Goldsturm', Balkan clary 'Caradonna', sweet box, heart-leaf bergenia. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: golden oats, Mexican feather grass, purple top, common yarrow, African lily Headbourne hybrids, thrift. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: great burnet, Dutch garlic 'Purple Sensation', silver spear, feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster', Japanese aralia, cranesbill [Rozanne]. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: coneflower 'Goldsturm', Balkan clary 'Caradonna', purple top, common yarrow, common columbine, greater masterwort. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: cranesbill [Rozanne], Rakai hebe, panicled hydrangea 'Limelight', big blue lilyturf, Burkwood osmanthus, soft shield fern. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: peach-leaved bellflower, alpine delphinium, foxglove 'Panther', common foxglove, purple coneflower, hybrid Lenten rose. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: glaucous-leaved fleabane, Mediterranean eryngo, Mediterranean spurge, English lavender 'Munstead', lavender 'Grosso', garden catmint. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Japanese spurge, Japanese skimmia, laurustinus, Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert', hart's tongue fern, Siberian bugloss 'Jack Frost'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan.
Front gardens
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Siberian dogwood, dogwood 'Midwinter Fire', big-root cranesbill, daylily 'Stella de Oro', , heavenly bamboo. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Japanese forest grass, eulalia 'Morning Light', mondo grass 'Kokuryu', Chinese fountain grass 'Hameln', Balkan clary 'Caradonna', golden oats. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: alpine delphinium, foxglove 'Panther', common foxglove, purple coneflower, hybrid Lenten rose, Siberian flag. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: garden catmint, Japanese spurge, Japanese spiraea 'Goldflame', laurustinus, lesser periwinkle, feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: barrenwort 'Sulphureum', spindle 'Emerald Gaiety', Japanese aralia, Japanese forest grass, plantain lily 'June', plantain lily 'Sum and Substance'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan.
Small gardens and courtyards
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: purple-flowered rock rose, Mexican fleabane, wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve', rock rose 'Wisley Primrose', English lavender 'Hidcote', Jerusalem sage. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: red bistort, great burnet, Dutch garlic 'Purple Sensation', silver spear, feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster', Japanese aralia. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: hydrangea 'Annabelle', soft shield fern, lungwort 'Sissinghurst White', sweet box, heart-leaf bergenia, common foxglove. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: hydrangea 'Annabelle', bleeding heart, English lavender 'Hidcote', peony 'Sarah Bernhardt', penstemon 'Andenken an Friedrich Hahn', rose [Gertrude Jekyll]. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: golden oats, Mexican feather grass, purple top, common yarrow, African lily Headbourne hybrids, thrift. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: big-root cranesbill, dusky cranesbill, hybrid Lenten rose, hortensia, snow rush, Oregon grape 'Charity'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan.
Patios
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Macedonian scabious, sweet pea, Shasta daisy, lupin 'The Governor', garden catmint, perennial phlox. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: common sage, rosemary, lavender cotton, lamb's ear, wild thyme, common thyme. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Dutch garlic 'Purple Sensation', silver spear, feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster', Japanese aralia, cranesbill [Rozanne], Japanese forest grass. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: rose [Munstead Wood], lady's mantle, Dutch garlic 'Purple Sensation', Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert', wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve', cranesbill [Rozanne]. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Mexican orange blossom, male fern, barrenwort 'Sulphureum', Mexican fleabane, escallonia 'Apple Blossom', spindle 'Emerald Gaiety'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Mexican feather grass, purple top, purple coneflower, Mediterranean spurge, , Macedonian scabious. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan.
New-build plots
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: Siberian flag, Macedonian scabious, sweet pea, Shasta daisy, lupin 'The Governor', garden catmint. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: shrubby cinquefoil 'Abbotswood', coneflower 'Goldsturm', Balkan clary 'Caradonna', sweet box, heart-leaf bergenia, Siberian dogwood. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: golden oats, Mexican feather grass, purple top, purple coneflower, Mediterranean spurge, . The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan.
Sloped gardens
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: perennial phlox, rose [Munstead Wood], lady's mantle, Dutch garlic 'Purple Sensation', Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert', wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve'. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: dogwood 'Midwinter Fire', big-root cranesbill, daylily 'Stella de Oro', , heavenly bamboo, garden catmint. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan. 
AI generated examplePlants requested for this design: common sage, rosemary, lavender cotton, lamb's ear, wild thyme, common thyme. The render is an impression of those plants, not a planting plan.
Ideas and plants by space
Each space has its own guide with layouts and plant choices. Browse back gardens, front gardens, small gardens and patios.
Photo credits
Before photos are free-licence stock. Every after image is an AI generated example made from that photo.
- A plain back garden of mown grass with a willow, a timber fence and a concrete post wall on the right: Brett Jordan on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- A long empty lawn enclosed by dark timber fences with houses and trees beyond: Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- A bare lawn in shadow in front of a tall panel fence with a small white shed: Shazard R. on Pexels, Pexels License.
- A plain lawn with a dark timber fence, a screened porch on the left and a small red outbuilding: Zac Gudakov on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- A wide curved concrete driveway leading to a double garage on a low brick-coloured house: Brian Wangenheim on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- The small front garden of a rendered terraced house with a bench, a small greenhouse and wheelie bins: Chloe Forbes-Kindlen on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- A large pale porcelain slab patio beside a small lawn with a timber fence, a pergola and neighbouring houses: Tile Merchant Ireland on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- A back garden of mown lawn with a small concrete slab patio and metal pergola behind a single-storey house: hi room on Pexels, Pexels License.
- A narrow side garden of lawn and a brick paved patio running along a low brick wall beside a brick house: Alexander F Ungerer on Pexels, Pexels License.
- A small concrete courtyard corner with raised beds, a few potted plants and scattered leaves: George (@geox3) on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- A neglected yard of tall uncut grass and weeds with a child slide and trees behind: Timon Reinhard on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- A dilapidated backyard with old brick outbuildings, a low wall, rubble, a discarded sink and weeds: James Read on Unsplash, Unsplash License.
- The rear of a new-build pair of houses with garages, a bare sandy plot and patchy new grass in front: Karolina K on Pexels, Pexels License.
- A sloping lawn in front of a split-level house with a low stone retaining wall and shrub beds: Get Lost Mike on Pexels, Pexels License.