Garden design new build end-terrace house

Where did my long post disappear to? Sorry, but it’s no fun here like this.

I asked myself the same. I still received the email notification, but unfortunately couldn't read the post anymore. Your new drawing brings some ideas again, thank you very much. I think with that we can let everything settle a bit and plan for the next few weeks. According to the development plan, fences are officially prohibited, even though there are some in the neighborhood. Privacy screens in the form of plants with possibly individual post elements or something similar would therefore be preferable for us. We do not like ivy. However, what has always appealed to us as a hedge planting are photinias. I saw earlier that they are also available as finished espalier, which would be suitable for the area next to the house, right? Do you know how it works when a plant comes with an espalier frame, do you have to "move" the plant to a "real" lattice?

Why don’t you take a look at native plants? There are also beautiful perennials, bushes, climbing plants, etc. that offer food and shelter to numerous insect species. Unfortunately, [Glanzmisplen] are not native. I do believe that nowadays, considering the loss of biodiversity, one should pay a bit of attention to what they plant in their garden. That doesn’t mean you have to plant 100% native species, but a whole hedge is a larger habitat, and I wouldn’t choose exotic species for that.

What do you mean? So far, only words like hostas, grasses, rose, espalier fruit, and maple have been mentioned, as far as I can remember. That doesn’t exclude ecology, does it?! Ecology also exists in modern gardening, whether with grasses, sedum, or roses. The OP simply doesn’t want to design his 50 sqm area solely with natural meadow, what’s wrong with that? Maybe the little son brings ideas from kindergarten (stone piles, wild herbs in the front garden, or some crafting with willow rods somewhere). That all just happens naturally. But now to call it "crap," I don’t find appropriate!

Aside from the word “crap”: Ecologically valuable are especially native plants that serve the insect world. It doesn’t have to be a natural meadow, but can also be a perennial bed, a hedge, or a trellised fence. It’s more about the choice of plants. From an ecological point of view, there are desert honeysuckles just like cherry laurel hedges, thuja hedges, English lawns, or even worse, butterfly bushes. Typical potted plants like oleander, trumpet flower, petunia, etc. etc. are ecologically worthless, despite their great appearance. Everything can be done just as beautifully (and more easily maintained!) in an ecologically valuable way. And often it’s not that someone doesn’t want to do it, but simply doesn’t know any better.

What would you recommend for the mentioned purposes?

What would you recommend for the mentioned purposes?

Could you list the purposes again? It would be good to know if sun, partial shade, shade and how tall and wide.

Soil quality also plays a role. Not everything grows, for example, on poor or clayey soils. Since you apparently live in BW, a consultation with renature might be a good idea. There are also many interesting posts on jutjuuub. I have already done some research there for our future terraced house towel garden.