YardSnaps
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Landscape design & photo-imaging · Atlanta, GA

Know the vision
before you start
the diggin’.

YardSnaps builds your new landscape on top of a photograph of your actual yard. You see the finished thing — the right plants, at the right size, in the right place — before you spend a dollar on any of it.

Start a design — from $95 See the work

Free 20-minute online consultation. Designs delivered in 2–3 days. 10% off when the project is handled 100% remotely.

A YardSnaps design rendered over a photograph of a client’s home
Before and after of a brick two-storey front elevation designed by YardSnaps
From $95Published prices, no quote required
2–3 daysQuickSnap turnaround
151 citiesAcross 29 metro Atlanta counties
AnywhereDesign delivered digitally, 10% off remote
The problem

Trial and error is the most expensive way to landscape a house.

Most people buy plants first and design second. Two seasons later the shrubs are over the windows, the colour clashes, and the tree is four feet from the foundation. Everything gets moved, or lived with.

Photo-imaging inverts that. We overlay the design onto a photo of your yard, so colour, type, size and layout are all decided on screen — where changing your mind is free.

“The Photo-imaging enabled me to visually see what my yard could look like… I was able to determine the color, type, size, and design lay-out before planting.” — Dr. A. Pounds, Douglasville, GA

A Jonesboro ranch front yard, before and after a YardSnaps design
Design packages

Pick the drawing that fits the job

Five packages, from a single bed to a full CAD plan a contractor can build from. Every one includes on-site analysis, one-to-one time with your designer, revisions and unlimited communication.

01 QuickSnap Best seller One photo of your yard, one photo-realistic design laid over it. The fastest way to see a single area finished before you spend a dollar on plants. from $95$95 to $170 02 QuickSnap Plus The QuickSnap treatment applied to a larger or more complicated area — the full front elevation rather than a single bed. $170top of the $95–$170 QuickSnap range 03 3D Mini Snap A scaled-down 3D build for a single structure or feature — a pergola, a firepit seating area, a water feature — seen from more than one angle. $250$250 04 3D Snaps Best value A full 3D model of the space, so you can walk around the design online before anything is built. The right choice when a project involves structures, grade changes or hardscape. from $450$450 to $1,100 05 Blueprint Snaps The bird’s-eye drawing: a large-format, full-colour CAD plan showing layout, quantities and placement. This is the document a contractor prices and builds from. from $565$565 to $1,410
Itemized Plant ListEvery plant in your design, listed by botanical and common name with sizes and quantities — so the nursery run is a shopping list instead of a guessing game.$25Labeled Design OptionYour design image annotated in place: each plant, material and feature called out on the drawing itself, so nobody has to cross-reference two documents on site.$45
How it works

Five steps, and you can stop after any of them

Nothing here obliges you to build anything. Plenty of clients take the plan and do the work themselves.

  1. 01
    Talk it through

    Start with the free 20-minute online consultation. We look at what you have, what is bothering you about it, and whether a design is even the right spend right now.

  2. 02
    We read the site

    For Metro Atlanta projects a designer comes out and analyses the space — sun, slope, drainage, what the house wants. Remote clients send photos and an address so we can work out the sunlight exposure.

  3. 03
    You see it first

    We build the design over a photograph of your actual yard, or as a 3D model you can walk around online. Not a mood board of somebody else’s garden — yours.

  4. 04
    Change your mind on screen

    Every package includes revisions. Moving a tree costs nothing at this stage. Moving a planted tree costs a weekend.

  5. 05
    Build it, or have us build it

    Take the plan and the plant list to your own contractor, shop it yourself with our help, or have YardSnaps install it.

The full process
Selected work

Before, after, and the drawing in between

Every image on this site is YardSnaps’ own work for real clients across the metro.

Front elevation, brick two-storey — Douglasville, GA
Front elevation, brick two-storeyBefore & after · Douglasville, GA
Ranch front yard — Jonesboro, GA
Ranch front yardBefore & after · Jonesboro, GA
Craftsman street frontage — Atlanta, GA
Craftsman street frontageBefore & after · Atlanta, GA
New-build front yard — Fairburn, GA
New-build front yardBefore & after · Fairburn, GA
Rear garden walkway — Sandy Springs, GA
Rear garden walkwayBefore & after · Sandy Springs, GA
Bare backyard to covered patio — Villa Rica, GA
Bare backyard to covered patioBefore & after · Villa Rica, GA
Front garden with fountain — Sandy Springs, GA
Front garden with fountainBefore & after · Sandy Springs, GA
Ranch corner planting — Douglasville, GA
Ranch corner plantingBefore & after · Douglasville, GA
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Beyond the drawing

Help on the ground, if you want it

Consultations, plant placement on the day, someone to meet you at the nursery, and full installation.

Free Online ConsultationTwenty minutes online to work out whether our design products can actually get you the result you want.Free · 20 min
On-site ConsultationA designer standing in your yard, reading the site the way a plan drawing cannot.Request to book · 30 min
On-site Consultation with SummaryThe site visit, plus a written assessment you keep whether or not you go on to a full design.$75 · 1 hr
Plant Placement AssistanceWe come out on planting day and put every plant exactly where the design puts it.$240 · 2 hr
Personal Retail Nursery AssistantSomeone who knows the plan, standing next to you in the aisle at the garden centre.$40 trip fee + $40/hr · 1 hr
Landscape InstallationFor clients who would rather we build the design than hand it to somebody else.By quote · Quoted per project
PergolasBon Pergola structures, customised to the space and installed by us.From $5,499 · Supply and install
In their words

Three clients, in their own words

Highly Recommend YardSnaps Landscape Design!! Very professional and knowledgeable in selecting the best plants to use for our upcoming new home build. Looking forward to seeing our landscape plan take shape and become a reality after our build is complete!!
K. WilliamsonNewnan, GA
Yardsnaps did an excellent job in designing our fountain. We’re enjoying it immensely. The location of the fountain is perfect! We can enjoy the yard, including the new sod and plants that his team installed. We can’t wait until we’re past spring and seeing the greenery.
C. TurnerSandy Springs, GA
I was very pleased with the service I received from Yardsnaps. The Photo-imaging enabled me to visually see what my yard could look like. By creating landscape digital images and overlaying them on a photo of my actual yard, I was able to determine the color, type, size, and design lay-out before planting. Moreover, the Landscaping Plant List was essential in guiding my shopping experience. I highly recommend YardSnaps.
Dr. A. PoundsDouglasville, GA

These are the three testimonials YardSnaps publishes. We do not show a star rating or a review count, because there is not a verified one to show.

Every month

One free 2D design a month. No strings.

We win by practising on interesting spaces. You win by getting a free design. One submitted entry is selected on the 15th of each month, announced on the 1st, and the result is shown on Instagram and Facebook.

How to enter
A free 2D YardSnaps design over a client photograph
Where we work

151 cities across greater Atlanta

On-site consultations, plant placement and installation across Metro Atlanta. The design itself is delivered digitally, so remote clients anywhere get the same drawing — one of our free-design winners was in Chicago.

AtlantaSandy SpringsRoswellJohns CreekAlpharettaMiltonMountain ParkUnion CityFairburnPalmettoChattahoochee HillsSouth FultonEast PointCollege ParkHapevilleDecaturBrookhavenDunwoodyChambleeDoravilleClarkstonAvondale EstatesLithoniaPine LakeStone MountainStonecrestTuckerMarietta All 151 areas
FAQ

Questions people ask before they book

What exactly is photo-imaging?
We take a photograph of your actual yard and build the design on top of it — real plants, at the size they will be, in the position they will occupy. You are not looking at a picture of somebody else’s garden and imagining yours. You are looking at yours.
How much does a landscape design cost?
Our published prices start at $95. QuickSnap runs $95 to $170 depending on the size of the area, 3D Mini Snap is $250, 3D Snaps run $450 to $1,100, and Blueprint Snaps run $565 to $1,410. Add-ons are $25 for an itemised plant list and $45 for the labelled design option.
Do I have to use you to install it?
No. Plenty of clients take the plan and the plant list and build it themselves, or hand it to their own contractor — that is exactly what the documents are for. We do install, and we are happy to quote it, but the design stands on its own.
Do you work outside Metro Atlanta?
Yes. The design work is delivered digitally, so we can work with clients anywhere — one of our free-design winners was in Chicago. There is a 10% discount when a project is handled 100% remotely. On-site consultations, plant placement and installation are Metro Atlanta services.
How long does it take?
QuickSnap designs come back in two to three days. 3D Snaps and Blueprint Snaps take one to two weeks. Every package includes revisions and unlimited communication in between.
Next step

See it before you dig it.

Start with the free 20-minute online consultation. If a design is not the right spend right now, we will tell you so.

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