A backyard can hold a lot of possibilities. A quiet place to sit. Room for friends. Somewhere to cook, play, or spend the last hour of the day. The difficult part is seeing how those ideas fit together in the space you actually have.
We built Backyard Concepts to make that conversation easier. Part of Wasatch Visualize, the project turns one existing property into eight distinct design directions, with enough detail to explore the choices behind each one.
Start with the real place
The starting point is the property itself. Wasatch Visualize uses photos, video, and the existing home to ground its concepts. That gives the exploration something consistent to work around: the house, the outdoor space, and the way someone wants to use it.
Keeping the same property across the collection makes comparison useful. You can look at what changes when a plan gives more room to open lawn, introduces a pergola, or uses a change in level to create a separate gathering space.
Eight directions, different priorities
Quiet Circles keeps the arrangement restrained, with a generous green center and two destination spaces. Play the Long Game adds a putting green and game lawn. Terraced Afterglow brings cooking, dining, and a sunken fire lounge into a more architectural composition.
The collection spans three relative investment tiers: Lean, Balanced, and Elevated. These are ways to compare ambition and complexity. They are not contractor quotes, and the images remain design concepts rather than completed construction.
That distinction keeps the focus where it belongs at this stage: deciding what feels right, what matters most, and what might be worth simplifying.
Behind the experience
The website gives each direction several ways to explain itself. Aerial views show the arrangement. Ground-level renderings show how materials, planting, and gathering areas relate. Day and night controls make lighting part of the conversation.
Each concept also includes material cues and a suggested sequence for developing the idea. For Terraced Afterglow, the first chapter is resolving levels, steps, and drainage. Dining and cooking areas follow, with planting and lighting bringing the atmosphere together later.
This is the part we find interesting: a visual can start a conversation, and a thoughtfully built interface can help someone stay with it. Open a direction, look closer, compare another angle, and return with a better question.
An experiment worth exploring
Backyard Concepts brings visual design and web development into the same project. It gives an early idea a place to be explored before it becomes a much bigger commitment.
Take a look through the Backyard Concepts collection. Start with the direction that catches your eye, then compare it with one you might normally overlook. The useful discoveries often live in the difference.