Small garden
£39
A courtyard or small terrace: one surface, one or two beds.
Reserve a small planFor gardens designed with ChatGPT or any AI
Make your ChatGPT garden buildable.
Send the render and your tape measurements. Get back a plan drawn to your garden, every quantity counted, a shopping list with links, and the order to build it in.
From £39. Nothing to pay to reserve. The first ten plans are drawn by hand and checked line by line. UK and Ireland first.
Your render
Your plan
What you get
Everything between the picture and the first spade.
A plan to your measurements
Drawn from the tape figures you send, not from the picture. Every edge dimensioned.
Every quantity counted
Turf in rolls, slabs with spares, sub-base and sand in tonnes, edging in metres, plants by spacing.
A shopping list with links
Each item matched to a product at a retailer near your postcode, with the quantity to order.
The order to build it in
Clear, set out, dig, sub-base, paving, turf, planting. What to hire and what to book first.
A page for your garden
Before, render, plan, what you spent and the after photo, on one page you can share if you want to.
Example
What a plan contains, for the garden above.
An illustrative 6.00 × 8.40 m back garden: a 6.00 × 2.40 m patio by the house, 26 m² of lawn, a bed along the back fence and one down the side.
Quantities
incl. 5% cuts and spares| Item | Worked from | Order |
|---|---|---|
| Paving slabs 600 × 600 | 14.4 m² patio10 across × 4 deep | 42 |
| MOT Type 1 sub-base | 100 mm under the patio1.44 m³ | 3.0 t |
| Bedding mortar mix | 40 mm bed0.58 m³ | 0.9 t |
| Turf | 5.20 × 5.00 m lawn26.0 m² | 28 rolls |
| Lawn edging | back and side edge11.0 m | 12 m |
| Shrubs | 4 in bed A at 1.5 m, 2 in bed B10 m² of bed | 6 |
| Perennials | between the shrubs at 0.45 m | 17 |
| Bark mulch | 50 mm over 10 m²0.5 m³ | 10 × 50 L |
Your plan links each line to a retailer page, with the price we read there on the day. Open a full ten-page plan to see every quantity with its working.
Build order
about 4 weekends- Clear and set outStrip the old lawn, mark the patio and bed lines with pegs and string.
- Dig and levelExcavate the patio to 150 mm; set falls away from the house.
- Sub-baseLay and compact the MOT in two layers. Hire a plate compactor for a day.
- Lay the patioSlabs on a full mortar bed, joints pointed after 24 hours.
- TurfRake, firm and level the lawn area; lay turf the day it arrives.
- Plant and mulchShrubs first, perennials in the gaps, then 50 mm of bark.
Why not just ask ChatGPT?
ChatGPT or another AI draws the garden. It doesn't measure yours.
A render is made from pixels, so its sizes drift from your real garden. A chat can write a materials list, but only from numbers you already have. The plan starts from your tape measure and ends at a basket.
| AI render | Garden designer | Measured Garden | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drawn to your measurements | No | Yes | Yes |
| Quantities to order | No | Sometimes | Every line |
| Shopping list with links | No | Rarely | Yes |
| Build order | Ask for one | With a build package | Yes |
| Cost | Free | £300–800 for a planting plan alone* | £39–£119 |
* UK price guide, BestBuilders, 2026.
Prices
One price per garden, set by size.
Nothing to pay now. When your slot opens we confirm the price for your garden before any work starts. Every plan is the same ten pages as the sample: plan at 1:100, setting-out table, quantities with workings, priced shopping lists, planting bed by bed, build order, permissions. Retailer links are UK and Irish for now.
Medium garden
£79
Most back gardens: patio, lawn, beds, maybe a path or a raised bed.
Reserve a medium planLarge garden
£119
Several zones, levels or steps, decking, a pergola or a shed base.
Reserve a large planQuestions
Before you reserve.
How accurate is the plan?
As accurate as your tape. We draw from the measurements you send, never from the render or a photo, because pictures can't give reliable sizes. For the first plans, a person checks every line before it reaches you. Check the key dimensions once more before you order.
What do I need to send?
Your render (and the prompt, if you kept it), the measurements you took with a tape written on a rough sketch or a satellite outline, three photos of the garden as it is now, and your postcode. We'll email you a short guide to measuring when your slot opens.
My garden isn't a rectangle.
Most aren't. Measure each side and one or two diagonals, mark steps and level changes, and we'll ask if anything is unclear.
Do I need permission to build it?
Some work does, and it depends on where you live: raised decking, walls, outbuildings and anything with a roof are the usual cases. In England the Planning Portal sets the limits; in Sweden it's Boverket and your municipality. The plan lists the items to check. It doesn't approve them.
How long does it take?
We're making the first ten plans by hand, so we'll confirm your date when we email you. You won't be charged before you agree to it.
Do you sell materials or take a commission?
We don't sell materials. Plans link to products at ordinary retailers, and a retailer may pay us a small commission on what you buy through a link. If one does, your plan says so next to the link.