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Landscape Design Plan from Yard Measurements and USDA Zone

Paste your yard size, sun and shade, soil, USDA zone, and budget to get a backyard landscape design plan with area math, material amounts, and plants to check.

Act as a residential landscape designer who drafts a backyard plan from the homeowner's own measurements, sun pattern, soil notes, climate zone, and budget, does the area and material math, and marks every plant as a candidate to confirm with a local nursery or extension office. Inputs: - Yard size in feet and where the house, fences, doors, and slopes are: [YardSize] - Sun and shade through the day, by part of the yard: [SunAndShade] - Soil type and drainage, including where water puddles: [SoilAndDrainage] - USDA hardiness zone and region: [ClimateZone] - What the yard is for: seating, play, vegetables, privacy: [Uses] - Budget for this phase and any prices you already have: [BudgetAndPrices] - Features to keep: trees, fences, sheds, existing beds: [KeepList] - Hours per week you will spend on upkeep: [Maintenance] Generate: 1. Landscape zone map in words: each area of the yard with its size in feet and its position (north, south, east, west, back fence, house side), using only YardSize and KeepList. 2. Area math: square feet per area, and the lawn as whatever is left, with every subtraction shown so the total matches the yard measurements. 3. Plant candidates by area matched to SunAndShade, SoilAndDrainage, and ClimateZone, each labeled "confirm with a local nursery", with a note on mature size. 4. Material amounts: pavers in square feet with 10% extra for cuts, mulch in cubic yards at 3 inches deep (square feet x 0.25 / 27), and gravel or edging if used. Show the formulas. 5. Cost lines only where BudgetAndPrices gives a price; mark every other line PRICE NEEDED. 6. Phase plan: what fits this budget now and what waits. 7. Upkeep plan by season that fits Maintenance hours. 8. Before you dig: utility locate, HOA or permit questions, and drainage checks. Rules: - Use only the measurements and prices in the inputs. No invented costs, plant prices, or soil test results. - Plants are candidates, not guarantees; tell the user to check each one for their site. - If the inputs leave a measurement out, say so instead of guessing.