A 200 m² garden with a big terrace for entertaining
A 16 by 12.5 metre plot behind the house, in full sun. The owners like having people over: in summer ten of them sit at the table here, and in the evening everyone moves to comfortable seats. The terrace should be big, and the garden around it pretty up close too.
Idea 3 of 316 × 12.5 m
HouseLawn16 m12.5 mN4 m
Plot boundary
Building, existing
Seating area (no lawn or beds)
Lawn
Planting bed
Path
Plant at mature spread
Idea shown in full
Clean lines and calm
A clipped hedge and repeated planting: a garden that looks tidy all year.
A sketch of the idea. Check the measurements on site before building.
The answers in this example
16 × 12.5 m
House
Full sun
Soil moisture: medium
A place to sit
Lounging and sunbeds
Peace and quiet
Style: modern
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
Common boxBuxus sempervirens× 26Flowers from March to April · Native to Europe · EvergreenCaution: children, dogs and cats.
Blue Arrow juniperJuniperus scopulorum 'Blue Arrow'× 33Flowers in April · Evergreen · Goes upwardsMildly harmful if eaten (children, dogs and cats).
Fountain grass 'Hameln'Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'× 12Flowers from August to September · Shape that holds through winter · Stays small
Lady's mantleAlchemilla mollis× 8Flowers from June to July · Leaves worth having · Covers the ground
Moss phloxPhlox subulata× 6Flowers from April to May · Takes a dry spell
Feather reed grassCalamagrostis × acutiflora× 6Flowers from June to July · Goes upwards · Shape that holds through winter
Grape hyacinthMuscari armeniacum× 4Flowers in April · Settles in and spreadsMildly harmful if eaten (children, dogs and cats).
Poisonous if eaten: Common box (children, dogs and cats).
Note: seeds itself about; cut the flowers off after flowering if you do not want seedlings
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 2,613 l of water: 1,827 l for the lawn, and the beds every 4 to 7 days, depending on the plants.
What it may cost
from 4,891 to 14,475 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
98 and 25 bulbs
Beds
4
Materials
from 4,967 to 14,171 PLN
Flowers and bees
Deeper borders full of flowers the bees love, set among shrubs and grasses.
Plants
70 and 40 bulbs
Beds
4
Materials
from 4,389 to 12,070 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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