Start with a written brief
Describe the planting character you want to explore
Turn a garden brief into a visual planting concept without a source photo. The general generator needs explicit outdoor garden context, plant forms and a desired mood; it does not select a locally tested planting palette.
What to explore
- Compare foliage texture with a softer flowering impression.
- Explore continuous borders around a simple path.
- Prepare a visual mood brief for a local planting professional.
From a brief to a concept
Write planting structure
Replace unrelated example text with the desired foreground, middle and background planting forms.
Keep a readable route
Include a path and modest stopping point, choose ratio and count, and avoid too many competing features.
Compare visual layers
Generate and judge height hierarchy and access before changing flower colors.
Try a design direction
Suggested brief
Generate one realistic outdoor garden with layered green foliage, continuous borders and a simple path to a small reading seat. Use contrasting leaf forms, low plants beside the path and taller masses behind. Soft overcast daylight, no pond, pavilion, people or labels.
How to review the result
- Are planting masses layered rather than a flat wall of greenery?
- Can the path and maintenance edges still be identified?
What the image cannot establish
- AI may combine incompatible species, flowering times and plant scales.
- Climate, soil, light duration, irrigation and maintenance effort are not tested.
Questions about this workflow
Will it give a planting list?
No. Use the image as a form-and-color brief, then select suitable real plants locally.
Can I name a climate?
Yes as context, but that does not validate the generated species or planting performance.
How do I use my garden photo?
Choose garden design, which begins from an existing site image.
How is this different from a yard generator?
Garden focuses on planting composition; yard focuses on open activity space and simpler edges.
Bring your own brief
Take a direction into the workspace, adapt it to your project and compare the result against your real constraints.