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A modern landscape design with a stone patio, fire pit, and ornamental grasses at golden hour

Kelty Designs

Landscapes designed, planned, and built to last.

Choose your path: collaborate with an independent designer, run a turnkey project with Kelty Lawn Care — a River Forest, IL local company — or, if you're outside our service area, hire a Marketplace designer carrying the Installations badge to design and build. You can also visualize your yard instantly with AI.

Design Marketplace

Browse and hire curated independent landscape designers for custom plans. Look for the Installations badge to find designers who can build it too.

Hire a Designer

Full Design + Build

Turnkey planning and expert installation by River Forest's own Kelty Lawn Care crews — or, outside our service area, by a Marketplace designer/installation company carrying the Installations badge.

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AI Studio

Visualize your property's potential instantly with our intelligent design tool.

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Design Marketplace

Hire a designer who fits your vision

Browse a curated network of independent landscape designers and architects. Compare styles, specialties, and ready-to-book packages — then hire the right designer in a click. Hire them for plans only, or pair their design with an installation service in your area by selecting a designer with the Installations badge.

Curated talent

Every designer is vetted for portfolio quality, professionalism, and project follow-through.

Fixed-price packages

Transparent scopes and pricing — concept plans, full planting plans, or full master plans.

Build with Kelty, optional

Take the plan to any contractor, hand it to Kelty Lawn Care for turnkey install in our area, or — outside our service area — hire a Marketplace designer with the Installations badge.

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Bonus tool — AI Studio

Visualize ideas for inspiration

Our AI Studio is a quick way to spark inspiration — not a replacement for design. Generate concept imagery here, then hand it to a Marketplace designer who can turn it into a real plan.

Skip generating — upload your own AI-generated concept and we'll include it with your submission.

JPG or PNG up to 10 MB. We'll use this to ground the AI render.

Generate AI concept

We'll render a preview based on your description.

Your contact info

A designer will follow up to schedule a site visit and turn this into a CAD drawing.

How it works

Three paths, one finished landscape

Start wherever you want — spark ideas with AI, hire a designer from the marketplace, and (optionally) hand the plan to Kelty Lawn Care — our River Forest, IL local installation company — to build it.

Step 01

Spark with AI Studio
Optional. Upload a photo of your yard and generate concept images to share with your designer.

Step 02

Hire a designer
Browse the marketplace, compare specialties and fixed-price packages, and book the designer that fits.

Step 03

Get your plan
Your designer delivers CAD drawings, planting plans, and a materials list — yours to keep either way.

Step 04

Build it (optional)
Hand the plan to any contractor you trust, to Kelty Lawn Care in our area, or to a Marketplace designer with the Installations badge if you're outside our service area.

Designed for the build

Clean CAD plans and photographic plant boards — scaled for your property and ready to install.

Plants & hardscape, together

Permeable and standard pavers, planting palettes, and outdoor living — all coordinated in one design.

Designed and built by one team

Pair your designer with an installation company — Kelty Lawn Care in our area, or any Marketplace designer wearing the Installations badge — so design hands off cleanly to build.

For designers

Are you a landscape designer? Join the marketplace.

List your profile, packages, and portfolio on Kelty Designs. Get matched with homeowners who already know what they want — and let us send the leads to you.

Apply as a designer

Ready to bring your outdoor vision to life?

Schedule a free consultation to discuss your design project — or jump straight into the AI Studio above and start generating concepts.

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