This startup provides landscape design services through desktop and mobile applications, offering 3D modeling and augmented reality experiences to visualize outdoor spaces. By supplying templates, regional planting guides, and expert design assistance, it enables users to create sustainable landscapes tailored to their specific environments.
Funding
$600K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Homeowners often lack the expertise and tools to visualize and design their outdoor spaces effectively, leading to unsatisfactory landscaping results and wasted resources. Traditional landscape design services can be expensive and inaccessible, creating a barrier for many homeowners seeking to improve their yards.
Solution
Home Outside offers mobile applications that empower users to design their landscapes through 3D modeling and augmented reality. The 3D Landscape & Garden Designer app allows users to preview expert-designed garden beds and customize their own gardens with a designer-curated library of plants suited to their hardiness zone. Users can visualize plants at maturity in AR, move and rotate garden designs, and access planting plans. The Yard Planner app provides a tap-and-drag interface with over 700 hand-drawn elements for creating property plans and garden layouts, catering to users who prefer a simpler, plan-view approach.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes homeowners in U.S. and Canada (Hardiness Zones 5-9 for the 3D app) who want to design their own landscapes and gardens, as well as design professionals seeking user-friendly landscape design tools.
Features
- 3D Landscape & Garden Designer:
- Augmented reality (AR) visualization of garden designs in real-time
- Designer-curated library of trees, shrubs, and perennials organized by hardiness zone (currently U.S. and Canadian Hardiness Zones 5-9)
- Preview of plant and tree appearance at maturity
- Planting plans for selected gardens
- Yard Planner:
- Tap-and-drag interface with over 700 hand-drawn landscape elements
- Photo background import for designing over existing property plans
- Map tool for plotting property boundaries and importing satellite imagery
- Layer functionality for organizing design elements
- Sketch tool for adding color and detail
- Rulers for precise measurements
- Note-taking feature for specifying plant details and design features