A long strip of land, 10 metres wide and 35 long, with the house by the street at the north end. On a plot like this a garden easily turns into a corridor. The owners want room for a table, some cover from the neighbours and flowers for the bees.
Idea 2 of 310 × 35 m
HouseLawn10 m35 mN2 m
Plot boundary
Building, existing
Seating area (no lawn or beds)
Lawn
Planting bed
Path
Plant at mature spread
Idea shown in full
Flowers and bees
Deeper borders full of flowers the bees love, set among shrubs and grasses.
A sketch of the idea. Check the measurements on site before building.
The answers in this example
10 × 35 m
House
Full sun
Soil moisture: medium
A place to sit
Peace and quiet
Privacy
Bees and butterflies
Style: natural
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
Purple-leaf plumPrunus cerasifera 'Nigra'× 1Flowers in April · Edible · Leaves worth havingMildly harmful if eaten (children, dogs and cats).
Russian sageSalvia yangii× 47Flowers from July to September · Silver leaves · Takes a dry spell
Purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea× 35Flowers from July to September · Seedheads through winter
Garden phloxPhlox paniculata× 18Flowers from July to August · Scented
Feather reed grassCalamagrostis × acutiflora× 16Flowers from June to July · Goes upwards · Shape that holds through winter
Ornamental onion 'Purple Sensation'Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'× 34Flowers from May to June · Goes upwards · Shape that holds through winterCaution: dogs and cats. Mildly harmful if eaten (children).
Spring crocusCrocus vernus× 34Flowers in March · Early food for bees · Settles in and spreads
Poisonous if eaten: Ornamental onion 'Purple Sensation' (dogs and cats).
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 4,606 l of water: 2,615 l for the lawn, and the beds every 4 to 7 days, depending on the plants.
What it may cost
from 7,669 to 20,893 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
156 and 41 bulbs
Beds
4
Materials
from 8,306 to 23,352 PLN
Clean lines and calm
A clipped hedge and repeated planting: a garden that looks tidy all year.
Plants
124 and 11 bulbs
Beds
3
Materials
from 6,919 to 19,792 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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