ᐅ New construction looking for a landscape designer as we lack creativity

ypg schrieb:

This is a quick and rough sketch. Meaning: an example, spontaneously scribbled on paper.
To the right of the whirlpool is a rectangle – kind of like a seating wall or something similar. A bit of imagination is allowed.

Yes, I wasn’t referring to your sketch but to the property owners. If they want to install a whirlpool next to or very close to the terrace, I would definitely consider the appearance beforehand. I find plastic tubs, well, not very appealing.
The wall or garden bed edging would have to be quite high to actually enhance the look of the whirlpool. But of course, there are also nice whirlpools.

Wooden prairie garden beds are quite insect-friendly and have their merits. Take, for example, Echinacea or the autumn aster.

Bertram100 schrieb:

I don’t like the plastic container

I don’t like it either. Our neighbors have one… you can hear the pump (or whatever it is) quite clearly.

There are probably big differences. When I walk to my parents’ house, I pass a garden with a hot tub in front of the house – you neither saw nor heard it, even though it was only 2 or 3 meters (6.5 or 10 feet) away from the sidewalk.

Also make sure to fill the gaps in the flower beds with low-maintenance ground cover plants. I have a lot of yellow stonecrop. It blooms beautifully and for a long time, insects love it, and it stays nicely lush and green for a long period. It’s also easy to remove from the soil but doesn’t absorb much water.

Otherwise, the general rule is taller plants at the back and shorter ones in front.

For the wall, you might consider planting fruit trees trained as espalier. This provides both privacy screening and fruit harvest. However, I’m not sure how well they perform.

Regarding the hot tub: do you want an inflatable one just for winter or one suitable for year-round use?

haydee schrieb:

Holzhäuschen Prairie-style flower beds are indeed insect-friendly and have their justification. Just look at Echinacea or the autumn asters.

If you only look at it superficially, of course these plants provide pollen and/or nectar. Therefore, insects visit them. If you have little knowledge, this looks insect-friendly.

However, most of our native wild insects depend on native plants for reproduction, with very few exceptions. There are always generalists that visit any flower, such as bumblebees and honeybees (which are non-threatened managed species), as well as many hoverflies. These would visit native plants equally or even more.

I also have a few non-native plants. Of course, insects do visit them. But this is not comparable to the abundance and diversity found on important native plants.

I have been working on this topic for years, and native plants are always better and preferable. It is pointless if only adult insects find food but have no possibility to raise their offspring.

Some autumn asters, like Aster novi-belgii, are even invasive and actively harm our local flora and fauna.