Plan your garden with your own photo.

GardenPilot turns it into realistic design ideas for exactly your garden – and makes your favourite a concrete plan for plants, materials and implementation.

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The same garden as a GardenPilot design idea: natural swimming pond with a wooden deck, fire bowl and lounge in the evening light — Drag to compare

Starting photo: overgrown garden area with tall grass, rubble and boards between residential houses — Drag to compare

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How it works

1
Upload a photo

An ordinary garden photo and your postcode are enough.
2
View your design and develop it further

Your photo turns into one realistic direction; you can add more at any time.
3
Receive a concrete garden plan

Areas, plants, materials and next steps — for DIY or a professional.

More than an AI image: a structured foundation for your garden.

What you actually get

The same design in the evening: illuminated fire bowl, string lights above the wooden deck and reflections in the pond

Garden plan from GardenPilot in top view: organically shaped swimming pond with a natural stone edge in the centre, wooden deck with lounge and fire bowl beside it, surrounding planting beds with individually drawn shrubs and lawn areas

Planting detail of the same design: bank stones, grasses, irises and perennials along the pond edge

Garden plan and views from a real GardenPilot project, exported unchanged – not a re-creation.

Plan legend – every area named

Lawn
Water/pond
Wooden deck
Bed
Tree
Hedge/shrub
Gravel/path
Building

Width: 16.5 m
Depth: 20 m
North: 45°

You see your own garden – not an example from a catalogue.

Every area is named, every plant and every material justified – so you can get started yourself or commission a company with it.

Areas: Terrace, paths, beds — as a layout, not as a mood board.
Plants: Concrete planting suggestions, matched to your site and style.
Materials: Stone, wood, surfaces and screening with quantity logic.
Colours: Base tones and accents the design draws its effect from.

What this plan contains

Areas & design

Water zone (natural pond & bank): The pond is the calm soul of the garden: clean lines meet natural bank stones, joined by marginal and aquatic plants that stabilise the water and frame it softly.
Outdoor living room (deck & lounge): A tidy, modern seating area right by the water – like an extra room that brings instant calm to everyday Berlin life.
Planting backdrop & screening (perennials, grasses, shrubs): Layered planting adds depth, softens views from the surroundings and looks modern and close to nature at the same time – fitting the urban style around Berlin.
Evening mood & orientation (lighting): Soft light stages the garden after sunset and keeps it safe to walk – without losing its calm.

Plant selection

Aquatic and marginal plants: Water lily (Nymphaea), yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), dwarf bulrush (Typha minima)
Ornamental grasses & structural companions: Feather reed grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'), fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), sedges (Carex species)
Flowering perennials for a long season: Wood sage (Salvia nemorosa), catmint (Nepeta x faassenii), coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis)
Shrubs & evergreen anchors: Yew (Taxus baccata), cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) or as an alternative: Ilex crenata, serviceberry (Amelanchier lamarckii), hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata)

Materials

Wooden deck (thermowood/Douglas fir look): Terrace/deck area by the pond as the main seating zone
Natural stone boulders: Bank edge and design accents along the pond
Rounded gravel / decorative gravel: Edges around the deck, transitions between decking and planting
Metal (fire bowl, table frames): Fire pit as a focal point and furniture in the lounge area
Outdoor textiles/cushions (anthracite): Lounge seat cushions for a homely feel

Colour world

Base tones

#2F3A2F
#6E7D66
#8A7E72
#6B5A4A

Accents

#F2C14E
#C7B7FF
#2AAFA0

The calm spectrum of greens and stone tones conveys shelter and naturalness – ideal as an urban counterpoint to the city. Warm golden tones (evening light/fire) create closeness and sociability, while cool water accents provide freshness, clarity and a holiday feeling.