Garden planning - first draft

  • Erstellt am 2022-05-14 16:43:44

WilderSueden

2022-05-16 14:56:42
  • #1

Even as a young person, you benefit incredibly from accessibility and short distances. Steps and narrow spots are a nuisance with a stroller, stairs even more so. Steps you don’t even notice as an adult are already an obstacle for toddlers. And if you ever injure your ankle as an adult, you’ll also be glad you don’t have 20 meters to the garden to enjoy or 5 steps without a railing to climb.

Sometimes the property doesn’t allow for ergonomic and barrier-free building. But where it is possible, one should not willfully build obstacles with the justification "people are too fat anyway" (other people?). And in the specific case of , when we talk about "building for old age," we’re talking more about 10 years than 30.
 

Holzhäuschen

2022-05-16 15:17:43
  • #2
Dear I always recommend the book by Reinhard Witt "Natur für jeden Garten". A lot is explained there and it helps to use native plants. There are complete planting plans that you could also adopt. Some plants you will have to order for this, but especially since you have had many extra costs - a lot can also be sown. Then it takes a little while until it is fully colorful, but it saves a lot of money.

I don’t know what your soil is like, but we have sandy soil and it is quite dry here. I have created a table with plants that work well for these soils. Since I cannot link... If you enter ligneus and Gartenplanung 5 on Google, you will get my article on plants and also on the table. It also states how long they bloom, in which color, whether insect-friendly or not (ok, there are hardly any "unfriendly" plants in my list) and so on.

The topic of gardening is very close to my heart and I can hardly wait to get started! I hope you find good solutions for yourself and your garden.
 

Myrna_Loy

2022-05-16 15:27:40
  • #3
Rather an appreciated challenge. My boys were magically drawn to stairs. I would wait with paths and first define areas. Walking paths usually emerge intuitively on their own.
 

11ant

2022-05-16 16:08:43
  • #4
See! - that was this one: No, please not that as well. The one to dock onto would be here: (the link goes directly to the post with my "solution").
 

WilderSueden

2022-05-16 16:24:55
  • #5
That’s the paradox. Ours also wants to climb every staircase. Unless she’s supposed to do it, then the railing is much more interesting ;) I was thinking less about real stairs (with several meters of height difference, those are hard to avoid) and more about things like entrance steps. As an adult, you hardly notice a single step, but for a 15-month-old child, it’s a bigger deal without help. There’s also the popular three-step house entrance that’s even more impractical for strollers because you definitely have to carry them there. But I don’t want to hijack the thread with a discussion about accessibility. I just couldn’t leave uncommented the idea that you don’t have to think about ergonomics and accessibility as long as you’re still young. Especially in the garden, you should also consider that many things take time to become what was planned. Sure, you can move 4m trees to make room for the terrace near the house, but that’s neither sensible nor cheap.
 

Pinkiponk

2022-05-16 16:26:43
  • #6
Hmm, maybe I idealize old age, but I think more about 30 years than 10 years. Although, maybe I don't have a clear line there either and always pick what I wish for. :)
 

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