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July 15, 2025

# Creating a custom Garden building

## Steps showing how to use image underlays to create custom Garden buildings.

![custom garden](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/CS%20-%20Customer%20Success/CS%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/CS%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/Configurator/Garden/custom%20garden.jpg?width=670&height=456&name=custom%20garden.jpg)

The following steps will allow you to use image underlays to create custom garden buildings.

1. [Lay out a site using the garden configurator.](https://support.testfit.io/knowledge/garden/getting-started?hsLang=en)
2. Click the Garden Housing layer
3. Click Edit Units in the Properties Panel below to go into the[unit editor](https://support.testfit.io/knowledge/garden/garden-unit-editor?hsLang=en).
   
   ![custom garden 2](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/CS%20-%20Customer%20Success/CS%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/CS%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/Configurator/Garden/custom%20garden%202.jpg?width=670&height=408&name=custom%20garden%202.jpg)
4. Select the add building tile that is blank at the bottom of the list.
   
   ![Add custom building](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/CS%20-%20Customer%20Success/CS%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/CS%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/Configurator/Garden/Add%20custom%20building.jpg?width=670&height=409&name=Add%20custom%20building.jpg)
5. Select the image you want to use
6. Scale the image.
   
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7. Once the image is placed, adjust the width and depth of the box to match the building.
   
   ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jul-15-2025-02-02-36-1414-PM.png?width=1920&height=1032&name=image-png-Jul-15-2025-02-02-36-1414-PM.png)
8. Define the Color, Floors, Stalls Provided, Area (gross), NRSF, and number of units.
9. Click Back to database in the upper right, then save the database.
   
   ![saving custom database](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/CS%20-%20Customer%20Success/CS%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/CS%20-%20Knowledge%20Base/Configurator/Garden/saving%20custom%20database.jpg?width=655&height=375&name=saving%20custom%20database.jpg)
10. Once the database is saved, go back to the site, and you can now place the new footprint.

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