Estimate a landscaping project budget from yard area, design scope, hardscape share, planting level, irrigation, site prep, and region.
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Total range = landscape project square feet × adjusted installed landscaping cost per sq ft, with scope, hardscape share, planting level, irrigation or drainage, site prep, and region included.
The v0 model uses the redesigned yard area as the primary quantity, then applies scope factors for softscape, hardscape, water-management, site-prep, and regional labor. It does not replace a measured landscape design, plant schedule, irrigation plan, or drainage inspection.
The calculator multiplies the landscape project area by an adjusted installed landscaping cost per square foot, then applies scope, hardscape, planting, water-management, prep, and region factors.
If a local bid is far above the range, check whether it includes large trees, retaining walls, paver patios, lighting, irrigation zones, drainage correction, soil import, demolition, or design fees.
The estimate moves higher because hardscape, mature plantings, water-management, grading, access, and regional labor compound on the yard-area model.
Ask whether paver base depth, retaining edges, drainage, lighting conduit, irrigation rerouting, plant warranties, and cleanup are included before comparing totals.
Before comparing landscaping quotes, make sure each written bid uses the same project area, design scope, plant schedule, hardscape materials, irrigation and drainage assumptions, site prep, delivery, cleanup, warranty, and exclusion list.
Existing layout stays mostly intact, with bed cleanup, mulch, modest plants, and limited irrigation or grading work.
New beds, plantings, edging, soil prep, limited paths or patio work, normal cleanup, and standard access.
Pavers, steps, retaining edges, large trees, lighting conduit, drainage, irrigation zones, grading, or difficult access.
Manually curated US landscaping baseline ranges informed by public landscape installation cost guides, outdoor-project cost references, material context, and broad labor patterns. This is not a landscape architect proposal, maintenance contract, irrigation design, drainage engineering report, or ZIP-level contractor quote.
v0 uses a US national baseline plus broad state/region adjustment. It does not provide ZIP-level pricing.
No. It is a range-only budgeting calculator. A landscaper still needs to measure the yard, inspect soil, drainage, access, irrigation, plant choices, and local labor before giving a quote.
No. This page estimates installation or redesign work. Recurring lawn mowing, fertilization, cleanup, and maintenance contracts use a different service-pricing model.
Pavers, stone, walls, steps, and patio base prep require more material, excavation, compaction, delivery, and skilled labor than mulch beds or simple planting.
Only according to the irrigation and drainage option you choose. Major water-management, grading, sump discharge, retaining, or engineered drainage work should be priced separately by qualified pros.
Common misses include design fees, old landscape removal, soil import, grading, plant warranty, irrigation rerouting, drainage correction, lighting conduit, access repair, delivery, and cleanup.
Call a professional for retaining walls, drainage problems, irrigation work, steep slopes, mature trees, hardscape-heavy projects, utility conflicts, or design choices that affect long-term plant health and water flow.