Affordable garden in new construction - how to proceed best?

K a t j a you can’t wash away your guilty conscience and put yourself on a moral high pedestal if you don’t immediately move environmentally friendly into the bush – without a laptop with a lithium-ion battery, with which you write these somewhat pointless posts. But you have already stood out negatively in the inheritance thread and made yourself friends. Well, everyone should know for themselves what they think of your posts. Putting yourself on a moral pedestal and throwing out sentences like that is always welcome. But hey, you are anonymous on the internet.

You obviously seem to have a green thumb :)

No, not necessarily, but I try because I am interested and want to, for example, eat healthily and contribute my part to solidarity, as far as is feasible.

I also believe that everyone who has the opportunity should contribute to the environment at the latest since "the day before yesterday." Whoever has a garden or some farmland can give something back to nature that they took with their house. Ultimately, your children benefit from it. If I had absolutely no desire for bees and greenery, then I probably wouldn’t have bought a property and would then rather have the following thought:

I would like to raise the question as an impulse why anyone even has a garden plot if they don’t want to do anything with it? A very large terrace, maybe a penthouse apartment, would have been the better choice?

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But currently, 80 - 90% of gardens / outdoor areas in new housing developments look like that. That is just what is "modern" at the moment.

That’s a vicious circle: the one who doesn’t want to do anything but wants to be a homeowner. There’s nothing modern about that. I rather see the spirit of the times in not wanting to take care of anything.

And as I’ve mentioned several times: the lawn is the most work of all. I find it very unfortunate that many simply don’t inform themselves beforehand. And not just about the costs, but one could also ask the question: "I now have a garden, two left hands, what could I realistically handle?"

That’s just what is "modern" at the moment. Just like driving SUVs, which also aren’t necessarily the best for the environment.

But I don’t drive an SUV if I can’t handle or park it.

But hey, on the internet one is anonymous.

Hmm, Katja has already revealed so much about herself here in the forum, you could visit her with just a bit of detective work.

Regarding your question
Reflect on whether you really don’t trust yourself. Many grow through gardening work and get enthusiastic when they see how productive it can be.

Yep, works very well. But yews are planted in cemeteries, not in the garden ;)

We are in a protected monument area, and yews are the staple plants here in the English landscape garden. We became aware that we have planted hardly anything evergreen, and it always looks very bare and gray in winter. Our garden is planted in a way that is extremely insect-friendly, so a few solitaires like yew, boxwood, and cherry laurel do not weigh negatively. I think such a columnar yew also gives a slightly Mediterranean touch.

I see it completely differently. In terms of environmental protection, the land is best utilized when the areas are not sealed. Cities complain about overheating and are grateful for every green leaf. Your propaganda contradicts reality in my opinion.

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You see it differently that single-family houses are not per se a sensible land use when it comes to creating living space? How can one see that differently, it’s a no-brainer.

You have the most natural open space left when people are stacked while living. The remaining nature does not care about the quality of living for humans.

Single-family homeowners preaching a moral duty for certain single-family house gardens with wagging fingers, that’s something. Just reduce the category. There are many good reasons for a garden that provides habitat for more than just the house residents. That does not require morality. The world of our children and grandchildren will not be saved in the single-family house garden.

We are in the monument protection area and yews are the house and yard plants here in the English landscape park. We realized that we have hardly planted anything evergreen and it always looks very bare and gray in winter. Our garden is extremely insect-friendly planted, so a few solitaires like yew, boxwood and cherry laurel don't weigh negatively. I think such a columnar yew also gives a slightly Mediterranean touch.

I am also not a conifer cemetery plants person, but some structure is always good for a bed. The yew fits very nicely with you and breaks the corner of the house. In front of it, you can see a rose and a few perennials. Maybe something rounder and smaller will come next to the yew? ;) Be a little careful with plants from Ebay and neighbor-friend sources: you can quickly get weeds into the garden. That happened to me with ground elder :( The cheap roses from the outlet market became lazy bloomers after a few years and all get this false vigorous shoot (I can't think of the name) :(

To your question
Reflect a bit on whether you really don't trust yourself. Many grow with gardening and get excited when they see how productive it can be.

You wouldn't be the first to catch the gardening virus. I have a brown thumb indoors; even artificial flowers die on me. Outdoors, almost everything succeeds.

240 sqm is not much. A rigid tall privacy screen (check how tall it is allowed to be) quickly creates a feeling of tightness, like a backyard. The idea came up for us years ago as well. However, more naturally vertical gardening.

If a play area and the obligatory 3 strawberry plants are to be accommodated next to the terrace, not much space is left.

And check whether there really are no regulations regarding planting. Many development plans feel like they only allow you to choose the color of the tulips.

By the way, bulb flowers are an example of how little work plants require. Bury them once, and the rest takes care of itself.