Do you know granny squares from crocheting? The little squares that are round in the middle? You don't like corners.
No, I didn’t know them and just googled them now. They are really cute and quite my style. We can try to implement something like that on our terraces. Thanks for the suggestion.
I would divide the garden into such squares. Formal, geometric, and round inside
Cost initially nothing
e.g.
1. Water feature
2. Seating area
3. Orchard
4. Rose garden/flower garden/vegetable garden, whatever you want.
I’ll try it. :)
As a connection, I would create a wildflower meadow (which needs to be mowed twice a year) and keep the paths short with the lawnmower (cheap solution)
Works, we have no paved or otherwise fixed paths.
That sounds very interesting and currently exceeds my imagination ... but it’s certainly nice. I have to let the idea sink in first. But isn’t it quite muddy in rain and such? I also like walking around the garden in the rain.
Final size should also be the maximum desired one.
I haven’t given much importance to the desired final size so far because I thought shortening and pruning is always possible.
I somehow also miss the basic elements of a garden.
Oh. I thought I had created those with terraces, garden house, fountain, summer flower meadows, partial paths, etc. But certainly, a lot is still missing.
Paths are supposed to serve to connect elements like garden houses, compost area, third terrace or sun deck, carport, and useful plants somehow. Twisting is fine with me (that fits your ideas), but first I would rather plan the elements where they are suitable.
I thought I had done that as well. If it is not visible, then certainly glaring mistakes have occurred, and I look forward to learning.
Therefore, I would rather start with the big elements like your three fruit trees or other bushes that first bring some structure.
I assume our fruit trees will not become very large during our lifetime. I am looking out for more bushes/perennials but “actually” wanted to decide on those gradually. I need much more time for that. There is such a large selection that I haven’t dealt with it intensively yet. It was/is already difficult to find the right magnolia for the front garden as it should bloom yellow and be frost-hardy, etc. I also find the choice of the cherry tree difficult because, theoretically, I would have to try all cherry varieties.
About the paths: precisely because of your age (you mentioned it yourself), I would especially because the most important element, the main terrace, is missing, ...
Regarding the main terrace, I was corrected here in the forum and now I am thinking about how and where it could be designed. But whether three more terraces are still necessary, I don’t know. This decision is still pending. Maybe we will only make it when we live in the house, which could be in August/September.
aim for a somewhat linear path layout.
I want to avoid that if possible.
A fairy-tale garden can be quite tedious, labor-intensive, and impractical – especially when designed on a “small” plot. Then the winding path tends to become an overgrown trail where you constantly have to cut back branches to avoid carrying dew and cobwebs all the time.
You’re probably right. I will probably try it anyway, and if the paths become no longer manageable for us, just let them grow over and create a new straight path, if it is still needed at all. Oh, you inspired me ... right now I am thinking of a circular path. :) That hadn’t occurred to me so far but sounds pretty.
I don’t know in what context this was. We have an approx. 40sqm terrace where the furniture is not in front of the terrace window but more along the house wall so you can see through from inside to elements (main bed at the terrace, centered tree). Also, further diagonally draped seating furniture, which you see from the inside or other seating options, give structure to the eye (front low, back high)
Then I probably misunderstood that. Maybe an “organic” terrace on the house is possible for us? And around it perennials/flowering plants, etc.
Before thinking about the kind of composter, I would first plan a free space.
True, the free space is also still missing. I hoped it would arise by itself. :)
Many combine it with a small garden house where the junk corner is behind.
I do not want any junk corners. Similar to what Karl Lagerfeld said about sweatpants, I feel that way about junk corners. I only know such things from houses/gardens where very old people with neglect tendencies live. ;-) Yes, that is exaggerated, hence the smiley. :) (Exceptions are, of course, as always, households with children, even pubescent ones. :) )
You can see the back views of the houses and gardens from the field behind us. The ratio of junk corners to non-junk corners is about 60% to 40%, so it’s possible without. By the way, I do not associate a wheelbarrow left outside overnight with a junk corner; it can be left anywhere. Also, tools in use may be visible in my opinion.
Only if you don’t even plan a little house, then a depot must be planned somewhere.
I don’t know if that relates to my garden plan, but I have thought of a green, pentagonal wooden garden house at the rear end by the field, on the right side.
No, better not. Continue here. It’s your garden thread anyway.
Alright, I will, although the topic of the terrace exit is rather technical.
Suggestion:
In principle, I would start with your seating area in the house: either in this sightline the fountain or really centered from the middle window.
That’s a very, very good idea; we will do that.
Then either to the left or right or both a bench or two chairs so that the fountain can also be seen from outside.
Do you mean with “outside” when standing in the garden or from the street? I would have liked the latter but don’t yet know if I can implement it because probably the hedge-wing will be in the line of sight.
Compost could also go by the trash bins, although I am currently wondering if the space is enough for your hedge-wing at all.
I don’t want compost so close to the house, even if it would be a short way from the kitchen to the compost.
Your kitchen terrace would be quite close to the hedge-wing but could also be combined as a path. Personally, I would find it annoying to circle the trash bins, so maybe plan a direct street access?!
For a visual solution I like, I accept circling gladly. But it’s possible my husband sees it differently. Otherwise, it will be no hedge-wing but a straight hedge, even if the space is not enough.
Then the fruit trees, which may also go south, since they can’t block your sun: maybe or for example in the back third on the left side?
Do you mean they should stand close together? I thought I had distributed them nicely.
Then you would have a terrace next to or near a fruit tree because shade providers are always welcome.
Yes, that’s a good idea, and I will try to implement it. Then we would only need sun umbrellas on the terraces in the beginning.
I’m now working a bit in the garden and take your and my idea with me (in my head).
Thank you, I think it’s great of you that you are so committed and help me.
If you add a scale to your drawing and draw in seating furniture inside the house, I will sketch my thoughts afterward.
I will do that, but it will take a little while.
The question that just came to my mind: what do you DO in the garden? What should it serve you? You didn’t mention that at all!
Relaxing, walking around, looking at plants and (starry) sky, browsing websites on the laptop, fiddling on the phone, listening to the bubbling fountain and the buzzing of insects, reading, smelling, grilling now and then, eating, picking wild herbs a little, chatting with neighbors (only possible on one side), picking some fruit, painting toenails ...
I definitely miss views of the property areas including the house.
I have to see if and where I can get those or create them myself. Then I will provide them.
Do you always walk from the car across the street to the entrance or how?
Practice will show. I want to park the car as far forward as possible, away from the house. Then the main path to the house could be used when we get out of the car. If that’s not possible or too tedious, the car must park closer to the house and we lay a second path. But that is definitely a point I must discuss with my husband.
For 20 € a year I can bring everything by car/trailer (5 km away).
Good suggestion, I will try to find someone like that too.
And you have to have a trailer first or borrow one from a neighbor; also you need a trailer hitch on the car.
We are lucky that 6-7 houses away, around the corner, trailers can be rented; we have a trailer hitch. I will probably depend on the amount which solution(s) we favor/mix.
I’m glad to have hardly any grass clippings.
So far, I assumed that, as it can be left for mulching.
You can also install a robotic mower and then only have very little grass clippings to dispose of.
That is not desired by one of our neighbors because mower robots supposedly injure or kill “her” hedgehogs. So I will only use a robo-mower when I can no longer mow myself. Presumably, we do not have much lawn area anyway.