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

Hello,
We completed our new build two years ago. The terrace is laid out, the garden shed is in place, and the neighbor’s fence made of WPC is installed. The lawn has been fully seeded. All work was done by ourselves.
Since we’re not very creative, that’s all we have so far. However, we would like to add some flower beds, trees, a seating area, and possibly space for a hot tub and a fire pit.
The garden is about 13m (43 feet) deep and 20m (66 feet) wide.
We have no idea how to design it. The landscaping contractors are not very interested since much is already finished. We would prefer to carry out the work ourselves.

Are there any hobby planners here who could help us?

If you want help from the forum, you should at least upload photos and a site plan showing the current state.

Please upload a picture here so we can get a sense of how it looks and the lighting conditions. It would also be helpful to know how much effort you want to invest in the daily and yearly maintenance of your garden.

Bring on the information.
Soil, orientation, preferences like cottage garden, natural style, Asian-inspired, etc. Fruit trees, snack beds, and so on.

There are nurseries and garden centers that offer advice—unfortunately not all of them, and for some, you might find better information online.
Try visiting your local library. For example, "Mein Schöner Garten" has ready-made garden plans. They might not fit exactly, but they are good enough for ideas and inspiration for different “rooms” in the garden.
Gräfin von Zeppeling, a perennial nursery, offers bed ideas and suitable plants of good quality.
A garden needs to grow, especially if you want to work on it yourself.

Oh, and if you see someone in the garden on a Saturday, the one with the beautiful magnolia or the lovely rose, just ask. What you like and that has been growing well there for years will very likely grow well just a couple of streets away.

Stefan67422578 schrieb:

we have absolutely no idea how to design this.

There are also several online garden planning tools from different providers. Maybe one of these could help you get started – for example, OBI or Gardena (iscape also worked quite well for this – but it is entirely in English).