Start with a written brief
Describe the backyard you want to explore
Turn a written backyard brief into a concept image before you have a site photograph. Describe the house edge, boundaries and activities yourself. This entry opens the general text generator, so include “outdoor backyard” in your prompt rather than relying on a dedicated backyard preset.
What to explore
- Explore whether a family lawn or a planted retreat better fits your brief.
- Build a visual discussion brief for seating and outdoor dining relationships.
- Compare compact and open backyard compositions before commissioning a site design.
From a brief to a concept
Write the spatial brief
Describe the house-to-garden connection, where people sit and which area stays open. Replace any unrelated example text in the generator.
Set the image format
Choose a suitable ratio and available output count. If using a style suggestion, check that the final prompt still describes an outdoor backyard.
Compare the concepts
Generate and judge the activity relationships. Revise one priority at a time; separate generations need not preserve an identical invented site.
Try a design direction
Suggested brief
Create one realistic outdoor backyard concept behind a modest house, viewed from the back door. Use a small reading seat at the far planted edge, a simple path and layered greenery around an open center. Soft overcast daylight, restrained stone and timber, no pool, people, labels or collage.
How to review the result
- Is the relationship between house, dining, seating and open ground understandable in one view?
- Does the image honor the exclusions and avoid adding an oversized feature that dominates the brief?
What the image cannot establish
- The generator invents a site from text. It cannot retain your actual boundaries, trees or house geometry without a source image.
- Images are not measured garden plans, maintenance estimates or evidence of suitable soil, drainage or planting.
Questions about this workflow
How is this different from backyard design?
The generator starts from words and invents the scene. Backyard design starts from a site image and a reviewed concept proposal.
Why does the workspace look like a general image generator?
The available tool entries share that workspace. Enter the backyard subject and outdoor context explicitly; the link does not apply a special site preset.
Can I include a narrow plot or approximate dimensions?
Yes, as descriptive context. Use phrases such as narrow rectangular yard, but do not read dimensions or usable clearances from the image.
Will a second prompt keep the same backyard?
Not reliably. Reuse the brief to compare directions, then use a real site photograph in the design workflow when continuity matters.
Bring your own brief
Take a direction into the workspace, adapt it to your project and compare the result against your real constraints.