ᐅ Ideas for Outdoor Spaces, Gardens, and Landscaping – Suggestions and Tips?
Created on: 24 Nov 2018 01:34
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zizzi
Hello,
I am slowly starting to plan the outdoor area and would appreciate any advice from you. We want to focus first on thorough and essential tasks, such as:
1. Connecting the wastewater system + inspection chamber
2. Pipes for rainwater + infiltration system + inspection and flushing chamber
3. Transporting the topsoil as excess excavated soil
4. Dimpled membrane (dimpled sheet membrane?). Here I have a question about this topic.
I want to do the rest myself. Only for the paving work will I hire an experienced professional.
5. Gravel for paved areas
6. Paving work
7. Garden soil, leveling, lawn, flower beds
8. Enclosure, fence, gate…
The photos show the current status of the house, and on the floor plan I’ve drawn my initial ideas for the garden and paved areas.
Around the house I plan to have 1.5 m (5 feet) of paving. On the right side (behind the storage room) and the left side of the house, I have planned slightly larger paved areas for storage, e.g., for bicycles, trash bins, etc. In front of the main entrance, I want to use grid paving or paving stones as an additional parking option.
What is your opinion on this plan? Suggestions or improvements? Of course, some things like a sandbox, raised herb beds, etc., will be figured out over time to find the best locations.
Best regards
I am slowly starting to plan the outdoor area and would appreciate any advice from you. We want to focus first on thorough and essential tasks, such as:
1. Connecting the wastewater system + inspection chamber
2. Pipes for rainwater + infiltration system + inspection and flushing chamber
3. Transporting the topsoil as excess excavated soil
4. Dimpled membrane (dimpled sheet membrane?). Here I have a question about this topic.
I want to do the rest myself. Only for the paving work will I hire an experienced professional.
5. Gravel for paved areas
6. Paving work
7. Garden soil, leveling, lawn, flower beds
8. Enclosure, fence, gate…
The photos show the current status of the house, and on the floor plan I’ve drawn my initial ideas for the garden and paved areas.
Around the house I plan to have 1.5 m (5 feet) of paving. On the right side (behind the storage room) and the left side of the house, I have planned slightly larger paved areas for storage, e.g., for bicycles, trash bins, etc. In front of the main entrance, I want to use grid paving or paving stones as an additional parking option.
What is your opinion on this plan? Suggestions or improvements? Of course, some things like a sandbox, raised herb beds, etc., will be figured out over time to find the best locations.
Best regards
zizzi schrieb:
Gravel or crushed stone under the stones, or is it not necessary? There is only soil beneath the beams.
I haven’t really thought about putting gravel under the stones. I would only use gravel for leveling purposes. They don’t need to be as precisely placed as patio slabs. It’s mainly to separate the lawn from the shrub bed or hedge, if you want that. If they are at ground level, you can mow right over them with the lawnmower.
A few weeks ago, we created about 40 sqm (430 sq ft) of prairie garden. I’m really looking forward to seeing how everything develops next year.
As a border, we used clinker pavers set in concrete. The lawn and bed are at the same level so that the lawn mower can pass over them. I’m also glad we did it this way, because otherwise the grass tends to grow into the flower bed, and that looks untidy.
zizzi schrieb:
Should you install edging stones between the flower bed and the lawn, or is a lawn edge stone enough?
As a border, we used clinker pavers set in concrete. The lawn and bed are at the same level so that the lawn mower can pass over them. I’m also glad we did it this way, because otherwise the grass tends to grow into the flower bed, and that looks untidy.
Did you plant the prairie beds as densely as the recommendations suggest?
I have looked at planting plans. My mother and mother-in-law think I can remove or heavily prune the first plants after 2 years because it gets too crowded. Especially with the ground covers, they believe half of them would be sufficient.
I hope it will be time for that next year. The outdoor area is a bit behind schedule.
I have looked at planting plans. My mother and mother-in-law think I can remove or heavily prune the first plants after 2 years because it gets too crowded. Especially with the ground covers, they believe half of them would be sufficient.
I hope it will be time for that next year. The outdoor area is a bit behind schedule.
Shrubs, grasses, and flowers that tolerate dryness, heat, and cold (climate similar to the prairie)
Instead of wood chips or bark mulch, stones are initially spread until the ground cover plants completely cover the area
Relatively low maintenance once everything has established and the ground cover has spread out
I thought of this because I have a large outdoor area in front of the house that gets sun all day
I don’t have time to water it at least once daily
It should bloom and have plants of varying heights
It should not look terribly neglected if left unattended for a few weeks
Probably just a trend anyway
Instead of wood chips or bark mulch, stones are initially spread until the ground cover plants completely cover the area
Relatively low maintenance once everything has established and the ground cover has spread out
I thought of this because I have a large outdoor area in front of the house that gets sun all day
I don’t have time to water it at least once daily
It should bloom and have plants of varying heights
It should not look terribly neglected if left unattended for a few weeks
Probably just a trend anyway
I didn’t strictly follow the planting plans and instead arranged the spacing a bit freestyle. Since the plants were put in late in the fall, it still looks quite empty at the moment. But when I look at the expected mature size of some of the plants, I hope I’ve spaced them well enough so I won’t have to thin them out too much later on.
Some of them might not survive anyway. Who can really say?
I’m also still hoping that the voles, which were populating the meadow in front of our construction site, don’t get the silly idea to move back in there.
Some of them might not survive anyway. Who can really say?
I’m also still hoping that the voles, which were populating the meadow in front of our construction site, don’t get the silly idea to move back in there.
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