Your front yard is the highest-visibility landscaping you own, and the most unforgiving place to guess wrong. A front yard landscaping app lets you preview ideas on a photo of your actual house — so you can test foundation plantings, walkway borders and tree placement before spending a dollar.
Sow generates front yard designs from your photo using real plants matched to your USDA zone and sun exposure. The before/after is built from cultivars like Little Bluestem, coneflowers and Virginia Sweetspire — each labeled in the design — so the finished concept is also your planting plan.
Front yard design principles that boost curb appeal
The reliable formula: anchor the composition with one or two small trees or upright shrubs, layer heights from the house outward (tall at the foundation, medium fillers, low edging at the walk), and repeat a few plants in odd-numbered groups rather than planting one of everything. Aim for year-round structure — evergreens and ornamental grasses carry the yard when flowers are done.
Keep sightlines open: nothing over window-sill height in front of windows, and low plantings along the walkway so the entry reads as welcoming, not hidden.
Test ideas on your real house, not a stock photo
Because Sow designs on top of your own photo, you see how ideas interact with your siding color, roofline, walkway and existing trees. Generate a few style directions — cottage, modern, native-forward — and compare them side by side before committing.
From concept to planted in one app
When a design clicks, every plant in it is one tap from its care card and nursery pricing. Save the plants to a Front Yard collection, map where each goes, and let Sow's weather-aware care reminders handle the first critical season of watering.
