Garden & Landscape Design · iOS · Android · Web
Design a garden you can actually plant.
Snap a photo and Sow reimagines your yard with real plants matched to your zone, sun and space — then helps you identify, map, water and grow every one. Designs you can plant, not AI guesswork.
The difference
Most garden apps hand you a pretty picture — then leave you guessing what to buy. Sow gives you a plan you can plant, matched to the exact place you live.
What it does
One app for the whole life of your yard
Landscape design with real plants
Photograph your yard and generate design concepts built from real cultivars — labeled in place and matched to your zone, sun and space. The output is a plant list you can actually buy, not an AI mirage.
Know exactly what’s growing
Point your camera at any plant for a confidence-scored ID — down to the cultivar. Save it, pin it on your map, and get prune, deadhead and fertilize timing tuned to your weather.
A living site plan of your whole yard
Draw beds and paths and pin every plant on a scaled satellite view of your property, with solar overlays that show where the light actually falls.
Care that watches the weather
Rainfall tracking, 10-day forecasts, frost dates and drought alerts — turned into watering tasks per plant, so you water when it’s needed and skip when the sky already did it.
See it in action
A closer look
From before-and-after designs to satellite yard maps — swipe through the real app.
From photo to planted
How it works
Snap your space
Photograph the bed, border or yard you want to transform — or start from the satellite map of your property.
Get a real-plant design
Pick a style and Sow generates concepts using real plants matched to your zone, sunlight and space.
Make it yours
Drag, drop and swap plants, check each one’s card for size and care, and compare before and after.
Plant it and grow
Shop the plant list at the best nursery prices, map what you plant, and follow weather-aware care tasks.
Field notes
Guides to get more from your yard
Practical answers to the questions every gardener asks — and how to put each one to work in Sow.
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“All in one design & plant care app. Game changer!”
“Best app for landscape planning!”
“Handy around the yard — I use it constantly.”
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Is Sow free to download?+
Yes. Sow is free on the App Store and Google Play. Without paying you can design your space, identify plants, save them into your own library, set up a space or board, and browse the community. Optional Pro plans unlock more design generations and premium tools.
Learn more about what's free in SowHow do I design my backyard from a photo?+
Snap a photo of your yard in Sow, pick a style, and the app generates design concepts on your actual space — then refine them with the drag-and-drop editor.
Learn more about backyard designDoes Sow use real plants or AI-invented ones?+
Real ones. Every plant in a Sow design is a real cultivar from a 10,000+ plant library, labeled in place and matched to your USDA zone, sunlight and space — so the design doubles as your shopping list.
Learn more about designing with real plantsCan Sow identify a plant from a picture?+
Yes. Point the camera at any plant and Sow returns a confidence-scored identification, then lets you save it, map it and follow its care schedule.
Learn more about plant identificationHow do I know what to plant in my USDA zone?+
Sow detects your hardiness zone from your zip code and filters all 10,000+ plants to what thrives where you live — layered with sun, size, native and pet-safe filters.
Learn more about planting by zoneCan I plan a flower bed layout in Sow?+
Yes. Sow designs bed layouts on a photo of your bed using pro rules — layered heights, odd-numbered drifts, spacing at mature size — with real plants you can buy.
Learn more about flower bed planningCan I map my yard and garden beds?+
Yes. Draw beds and paths and pin every plant on a scaled satellite view of your property, with solar overlays to track sunlight.
Learn more about yard mappingDoes Sow tell me when to water my plants?+
Yes. Sow tracks rainfall, forecast, heat and dry spells for your exact location and turns them into watering tasks — including when to skip because it rained.
Learn more about smart wateringCan I design with native plants for pollinators?+
Yes. Filter the library by Native and Butterfly Host, then generate designs that use them — pre-matched to your zone and sun.
Learn more about native garden designIs Sow available on Android and the web?+
Yes. Sow is on iPhone (iOS 17+) and Android, and every account includes the web app at usesow.com — designs, maps and plants sync across all of them.
Learn more at usesow.com
Grow something worth looking at.
Join 300,000+ yards designed with Sow. Free to download — design from a photo, identify your plants, map your yard, and grow with confidence.
Free · iOS 17+ and Android · Web app included at usesow.com