A watercolor studio for your yard

Plant it this year.
See it in twenty.

Upload one photo of your yard. Painted Acre turns it into a watercolor you can plant, then drag the years forward and watch every tree grow up in place.

Free on sample yards · no account needed
The same yard painted twenty years on
A real photo of the yard today
Today — your photo
Year 20 — painted
Drag the divider — real product output, no mockups.

One photo. Three steps.

Every image below is real product output.
A real photo of a backyard
1 · Snap your yard

One photo from your phone is all it takes. Painted Acre paints it into a watercolor canvas.

The painted yard with trees placed in the studio
2 · Plant, year by year

Drop trees, paths and beds onto the painting, and assign each one the year you'll actually plant it.

The same yard grown, years later
3 · Watch it grow

Drag the year slider and the whole plan grows in place. Same trees, same spots, twenty years older.

The year slider

A plan for every year, not just the last one

Gardens are built backwards from how they end. Slow giants go in first, screens and shrubs fill in, paths land last. The slider shows you what each year honestly looks like, so year two doesn't make you give up.

Yr 1–3Structure. Canopy trees and evergreens, small now, the point later.
Yr 4–9Layers. Understory and screens keep you encouraged while giants work.
Yr 10+Finish. Paths, beds and features land in a yard that's ready for them.
The plan through the years
Year 1 · Structure goes in
Year 1 20

What are you dreaming about?

All 16 scenarios
Natural swimming pond design toolA natural swimming pond is a swimming hole and a wetland in … Backyard privacy design toolEvery privacy planting is a bet on time: how many plants, ho… Backyard food forest design toolA food forest is an orchard designed like a woodland: a tall… Pollinator garden design toolA pollinator garden succeeds on two things most sketches ign… Chicken coop garden design toolA chicken coop garden treats the coop and run as part of the… Xeriscape front yard design toolXeriscaping fails in one of two directions: the gravel moons…
The 20-year report

A printable plan for every year

When the design is done, Painted Acre writes it up: what to plant each year, where it goes, and the to-do list that keeps it alive. Print it, or hand it to your landscaper.

Plant list per year, with nursery sizes
A to-do list for every season
Shopping list, ready for the nursery
See a sample report
Year 5
Hardscape — dig once, dig right
Excavate and shell the pool early summer
Raise the pergola at the big oak
Flagstone path after backfill settles
Creekside backyard · Zone 6a
Year 1
Structure — the slow giants
River Birch6–8 ft whip · by the creek
Red Maple × 28–10 ft · foreground pair
Eastern Redbud × 25–6 ft · mid + back edge
To do this year
Plant in early spring, water weekly through summer
Mulch each tree in a 3-ft ring, off the trunk
Stake the birch for one season only

Start free. Grow when ready.

Free, forever
The sample yards

The full toolset on pre-painted yards — design, draw hardscape, grow the years, share a link. No account, no card.

Open the studio
The subscription
Your own yard

Upload photos of your actual property: growth time-lapses, aerial plan views, and a printable year-by-year plan with a shopping list.

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