Every USDA zone
Modern yard ideas
Modern landscaping is built on restraint: a few strong lines, one or two plant forms repeated, and empty space that is allowed to stay empty. Ornamental grasses in rectangular planters, low structured beds and sculptural evergreens give it rhythm; crisp paving and a limited palette keep it calm.
See my yard in the Modern styleUpload a photo and the style is already picked. Free, no card.
How to get the look
- 1Reduce the plant list. Three or four species, repeated in blocks, read as intent; twelve read as a nursery.
- 2Give every bed a hard edge: steel, concrete or a clean cut line, always straight or one deliberate curve.
- 3Let the paving be the ornament. Large-format pavers, gravel bands and a strip of grass are the whole composition.
Up close
Three details from the same render.
Plants that build the look
From our library of real plants, each rated for the zones this style suits. Every card opens the plant's page with its zones, sun, water and sources.
Blue Point Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Point'
Vertical accentZone 4-9Full sunLow water
Care details 
Littleleaf Boxwood (Japanese Boxwood)
Buxus microphylla
Low hedgeZone 6-9Full sunMedium water
Care details 
Himalayan White Birch
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii
Fall colorZone 4-7Full sunMedium water
Care details 
Real before and afters
From the gallery, made with the same engine.
Your yard, this style
See your own home in the Modern style
One photo of your yard. The house stays, the yard is restyled, and every plant in the result is a real species checked against your zone.
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