How it Works
What will your before & after look like?
Get the efficiency of online design with the local expertise of in-person.
YardKit’s framework reimagines your property from start to finish. We’ll take care of all the guesswork: from finding possibilities, to curating materials, to coordinating with contractors throughout installation.
Your YardKit includes:
Custom Landscape Design Plans
Your dedicated designer will tailor the YardKit style and amenities that match you best, considering your lifestyle, home style, and budget.
We help you stitch together all the ways you’d love to live outdoors within spaces designed to be as beautiful and timeless as they are functional and durable.
The result is a real, implementable design plan tailored to your needs.
High-Quality Renderings
Beautiful renderings of all proposed changes show exactly how your finished spaces will look. We’ve found this incredibly helpful for both making design decisions and coordinating with contractors during installation.
Complete Material and Plant Selections
YardKit has culled thousands of choices into curated palettes of durable materials and low-maintenance plants. Each element will be selected for your project’s needs and microclimate to ensure landscapes that stand the test of time.
Best-in-Class Products
Every material and product we specify is tried-and-tested for durability and to weather gracefully. We also focus on locally available materials to prevent construction delays.
Construction Details and Specs
You’ll be ready to build with a complete landscape plan set, which includes requisite construction details, schedules, and specifications.
A Person Dedicated to your Project
Your YardKit designer will guide your vision as it comes to life — including ensuring quality execution during installation. Our experience includes three in-person visits to ensure everything works with your unique property from start to finish.
Watch your yard come to life in five stages
Stage One
Pre-Design
Your dedicated project manager will visit your property to kickstart the design process and gather the information we’ll need to tailor your plan. Working within YardKit’s curated palettes, we’ll walk you through our fun tech-forward process to decide on your new amenities and preferred styles. We start from a place of inspiration!
Deliverables include:
A plan of action for your new outdoor living spaces
Stage Two
Design Evolution
We’ll tailor amenity areas, materials, plants, and new features to fit your property. Hyper-realistic renderings guide decisions and help you see exactly how your new outdoor living spaces will look.
Deliverables include:
A design concept plan that fits all of your amenities together in your preferred style
Complete 3D renderings of your unique project
A personally curated box of material selections that you can see, touch, or even smell (just us?) delivered to you
stage Three
Pre-Construction Design
Our detailed architectural drawings, developed by landscape architects for streamlined construction, will give installers everything they need to build efficiently. Every material and plant selection is hand-picked from our palette for durability and suitability to your project.
Deliverables include:
Detailed drawing plans for development
A schedule of material selections for all new features
A palette of low-maintenance plant selections specific to your microclimate
Proposed lighting
stage Four
Installation Quality Assurance
A real human, dedicated to your project, will communicate frequently with you and your installers to ensure quality from design through construction.
Deliverables include:
Assistance with the quoting process
Regular site visits to check for design intent and our moral support through the construction of the project
Stage Five
Unveil and Enjoy
Time to enjoy your new outdoor living spaces! The continual care of your new landscape is very important to us—we provide detailed guidance for ongoing maintenance.
Imagine coming home every day to an elegant new space, created just for you and your family.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sign up for a design consult.
Together, we’ll determine your family’s design style. Through real examples, we’ll figure out how to make the most of your outdoor spaces.
Everything you’ll see is part of a kit-of-parts curated by high-end landscape designers. Materials and amenities are on-trend and ready for construction with a YardKit installation partner.
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Designing with YardKit is like picking your favorite meal from a menu. Our curated palette of materials and amenities has something for everyone. You can’t make a mistake. We’ll guide you to the best choices for every family member and project budget.
Whether you live solo or with a big family, have pets, love to entertain or just want space to lounge, we have solutions just right for your property.
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YardKit works backward. We’ll start with inspirational visuals to spur discussion of what you’re looking for and let you pick your favorite options from a menu of pre-selected materials and amenities.
Our landscape architects and designers have a resume of high-end, custom residential projects. Only the best-looking and most easy-care options make the cut.
This approach spares you hundreds of decisions and saves our installation partners from change orders and construction delays.
Our streamlined process will get you a beautiful and highly functional yard. But if you’re looking for something ornate or super-specific, this might not be the best option for you.
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You’ll have a real landscape design plan that’s ready to install.
You’ll see beautiful renderings of your design exactly how everything will look once constructed so there are no surprises.
Material selections will be picked from our palette for your project to ensure they meet your budget and are available locally.
Detailed architectural drawings developed by landscape architects will accompany your plan to streamline construction.
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Creating your plan will take about four weeks. Installation varies in complexity but tends to take four to eight weeks.
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Your initial design consult is free! We love thinking about the potential of underutilized yards.
Once we know what you’re looking for, we’ll send a quote for design (typically 10% of the expected construction cost).
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We help you reimagine your outdoor living spaces. If you’re looking for a repair or a very small change, YardKit may not be the best option for you. Though we’re always happy to chat about what you have in mind!
Landscape renovations are complex and can be difficult to navigate — reach out and we’ll see how we can help.