A 20 by 15 metre plot behind the house, in full sun. The owners want flowers from spring to autumn, for themselves and for the bees, and beds for vegetables and herbs. They have time for some work in the garden, but no wish to spend a fortune.
Idea 2 of 320 × 15 m
HouseLawn20 m15 mN4 m
Plot boundary
Building, existing
Seating area (no lawn or beds)
Lawn
Vegetable patch
Planting bed
Path
Plant at mature spread
Idea shown in full
Flowers, bees and vegetables
Deeper borders full of flowers the bees love, plus room for your own vegetables and herbs.
A sketch of the idea. Check the measurements on site before building.
The answers in this example
20 × 15 m
House
Full sun
Soil moisture: medium
Bees and butterflies
Vegetables and herbs
Peace and quiet
Style: cottage, full of flowers
How much work: some
The plot is an example, made up to show the result. The plan, the plants and every figure on this page are what the Verdlo studio works out from these answers, the same as it will for you.
The plants, and why these
Every one of these:
Copes with winters here
Likes the sun this spot gets
Matches the soil moisture
Snowy mespilusAmelanchier lamarckii× 1Flowers in April · Autumn colour · Edible fruit
RaspberryRubus idaeus× 25Flowers from June to July · Native to Europe · Edible fruit
Purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea× 19Flowers from July to September · Seedheads through winter
ChivesAllium schoenoprasum× 72Flowers from May to June · Native to Europe · Edible fruitCaution: dogs and cats.
Feather reed grassCalamagrostis × acutiflora× 4Flowers from June to July · Goes upwards · Shape that holds through winter
Garden phloxPhlox paniculata× 3Flowers from July to August · Scented
Ornamental onion 'Purple Sensation'Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'× 25Flowers from May to June · Goes upwards · Shape that holds through winterCaution: dogs and cats. Mildly harmful if eaten (children).
Spring crocusCrocus vernus× 27Flowers in March · Early food for bees · Settles in and spreads
Poisonous if eaten: Chives (dogs and cats) and Ornamental onion 'Purple Sensation' (dogs and cats).
Note: spreads by suckers; give it a bed of its own or a root barrier
Underground pipes and cables cannot be seen from above: before digging, find out where they run from your local utility locating service or the utility companies.
Watering plan
In a dry summer week this garden needs about 4,822 l of water: 3,108 l for the lawn, and the beds every 4 days.
What it may cost
from 6,377 to 16,800 PLN
Estimated cost of plants and materials in Poland, without labour, delivery, paving, walls or edging.
The other two ideas from the same answers
In the studio each of the three ideas comes with its full list of plants, watering and cost.
Easy-care green
A garden that asks little: tough shrubs and grasses in simple borders around open space.
Plants
134 and 36 bulbs
Beds
6
Materials
from 7,067 to 20,152 PLN
Clean lines and calm
A clipped hedge and repeated planting: a garden that looks tidy all year.
Plants
138 and 8 bulbs
Beds
5
Materials
from 6,362 to 18,908 PLN
What this plan does not know
Your soil. The example assumes the soil from its answers, but it cannot know how acid or heavy yours is: a simple test kit from a garden centre tells you before you buy plants.
Pipes, cables and a septic tank under the ground. No plan can see them: mark them in the studio as ground to keep clear, and check where they run on your house's site plan before you dig.
Where your plot really ends. The sizes here are made up; yours come from the land register (type the parcel number into the studio), and only a surveyor marks them on the ground.
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